Life of Abraham Lincoln - being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln (1896) (14586480478)

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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Nichols, Clifton M. (Clifton Melvin), 1830-1903 McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Oration on Abraham Lincoln Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Abraham Lincoln Knox, William, 1789-1825. Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York City Springfield, Ohio Chicago, Ill. : Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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Consti-tution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and thegracious favor of Almighty God. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of the UnitedStates to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our(l. s.) Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence ofthe United States the eighty-seventh. By the President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN.William H. Sewakd, Secretary of State. 166 ABRAHAM LIJSTCOLN. This proclamation was received with satisfaction and great joy by the loyalpeople of the United States, and President Lincoln was at once crowned as thegreatest of emancipators. There were important military movements in various portions of the South.Efficiency and bravery were shown everywhere by Union officers and privatesoldiers. Lincoln had loyal and most helpful allies in Congress and in the field.A large number of Union generals had already gained great victories and
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PEESIDENT LINCOLN AND GENERAL McCLELLAN. This is a very interesting picture, as it gives an idea how Lincoln looked in a crowd ofmen. The picture is from a Brady negative, taken at the headquarters of the Army of thePotomac, at Antietam, on October 4, 1862. acquired most honorable places in history. Among these were Ulysses S. Grant,William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Phil. Sheridan, and others. Thepresident had made repeated calls for troops and money, and Congress hadresponded promptly, so that he had now about half a million men in the field.But there were some discordant notes, and the condition of the country was ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 167 such that Congress passed a law, March 3, 1863, authorizing the president tosuspend the writ of habeas corpus throughout the United States when, in hisopinion, public safety might require it. General Butler had, by occupying New Orleans, closed the mouth of theMississippi to the rebels, but in order to open the river throughout its length tothe Uni