lincoln and mcclellan: a marriage of convenience turned sour
... Earlier, Congress had sent a “unanimous joint resolution of thanks to him”21 for his victories in western Virginia. The New York Times had praised McClellan as “our wise and brave young Major-General,” and predicted that “there is a future before him, if his life be spared, which he will make illust ...
... Earlier, Congress had sent a “unanimous joint resolution of thanks to him”21 for his victories in western Virginia. The New York Times had praised McClellan as “our wise and brave young Major-General,” and predicted that “there is a future before him, if his life be spared, which he will make illust ...
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... on a scale of magnificence larger than our life. We envy their freedom and power; they enact our wishes and dreams.” In other words, the grandiose dimensions and symbol-building power of the myths we create reveal our deepest longings as a people. And this is especially true of the myths we American ...
... on a scale of magnificence larger than our life. We envy their freedom and power; they enact our wishes and dreams.” In other words, the grandiose dimensions and symbol-building power of the myths we create reveal our deepest longings as a people. And this is especially true of the myths we American ...
“I Intend to Give Blows”: The Hundred Days
... In the fourteen weeks after the bombardment of Sumter, Lincoln acted decisively to meet the emergency. As he himself put it, the war “began on very unequal terms between the parties. The insurgents had been preparing for it more than thirty years, while the government had taken no steps to resist th ...
... In the fourteen weeks after the bombardment of Sumter, Lincoln acted decisively to meet the emergency. As he himself put it, the war “began on very unequal terms between the parties. The insurgents had been preparing for it more than thirty years, while the government had taken no steps to resist th ...
Abraham Lincoln`s First Amendment - Chicago Unbound
... "the restoration of the old Constitution and Union impossible." Many Union soldiers shared this view. As one volunteer wrote to his fianc6e: "It is not for the emancipation of the African race I fight. I want nothing to do with the negro. I want them as far from me as is possible to conceive." 7 The ...
... "the restoration of the old Constitution and Union impossible." Many Union soldiers shared this view. As one volunteer wrote to his fianc6e: "It is not for the emancipation of the African race I fight. I want nothing to do with the negro. I want them as far from me as is possible to conceive." 7 The ...
lincoln at war - Vermont Law Review
... continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword,” he continued, “as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said ‘the jud ...
... continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword,” he continued, “as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said ‘the jud ...
I Could not Afford to Hang Men for Votes—Lincoln the Lawyer
... court will be at once ordered.” The next day General Pope assured Lincoln he would forward the record, although in fact it would not arrive until the end of the ...
... court will be at once ordered.” The next day General Pope assured Lincoln he would forward the record, although in fact it would not arrive until the end of the ...
I Will Suffer Death Before I Will Consent to Any
... emphasis” replied: “If Kentucky means to say that if the federal government undertakes to recapture the southern forts and collect the revenue and war ensues, she will unite with the South, let her prepare for war.”8 With some justice, Herndon called his law partner “Jackson redivivus” and assured W ...
... emphasis” replied: “If Kentucky means to say that if the federal government undertakes to recapture the southern forts and collect the revenue and war ensues, she will unite with the South, let her prepare for war.”8 With some justice, Herndon called his law partner “Jackson redivivus” and assured W ...
Abraham Lincoln: Lessons in Leadership
... An example in this respect was his decision to relieve General Fremont of command on October 24th, 1861. Shortly before this, in a letter to General Hunter Lincoln stated, “His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself; and by which he does not know what is going on”. However, Fremont’s perceived ...
... An example in this respect was his decision to relieve General Fremont of command on October 24th, 1861. Shortly before this, in a letter to General Hunter Lincoln stated, “His cardinal mistake is that he isolates himself; and by which he does not know what is going on”. However, Fremont’s perceived ...
You Can Have No Conflict Without Being Yourselves the Aggressors
... of supplies left but even more amazed at a letter from General Scott stating that Anderson and his fellow officers “now see no alternative but a surrender, in some weeks, more or less, as they well know that we cannot send the third of the men (regulars) in several months, necessary to give them rel ...
... of supplies left but even more amazed at a letter from General Scott stating that Anderson and his fellow officers “now see no alternative but a surrender, in some weeks, more or less, as they well know that we cannot send the third of the men (regulars) in several months, necessary to give them rel ...
Abraham Lincoln and the Union, A Chronicle of
... Abraham Lincoln and the Union, A Chronicle of the Embattled North By the middle of the nineteenth century the more influential Southerners had come generally to regard their section of the country as a distinct social unit. The next step was inevitable. The South began to regard itself as a separat ...
... Abraham Lincoln and the Union, A Chronicle of the Embattled North By the middle of the nineteenth century the more influential Southerners had come generally to regard their section of the country as a distinct social unit. The next step was inevitable. The South began to regard itself as a separat ...
Abraham Lincoln`s Suspensions of Habeas
... which he defined as a “psychological heritage” that would enable later generations of Northerners to feel “redeemed by history.”1 To the Northerner, the Civil War was “a consciously undertaken crusade so full of righteousness that there is enough overplus stored in Heaven, like the deeds of the sain ...
... which he defined as a “psychological heritage” that would enable later generations of Northerners to feel “redeemed by history.”1 To the Northerner, the Civil War was “a consciously undertaken crusade so full of righteousness that there is enough overplus stored in Heaven, like the deeds of the sain ...
Abraham Lincoln: Leadership and Democratic Statesmanship in
... In his recent study of Abraham Lincoln’s wartime leadership, Tried by War, the eminent historian James McPherson writes that “in the vast literature on the sixteenth president … the amount of attention devoted to his role as commander-in-chief is disproportionately far smaller than the actual percen ...
... In his recent study of Abraham Lincoln’s wartime leadership, Tried by War, the eminent historian James McPherson writes that “in the vast literature on the sixteenth president … the amount of attention devoted to his role as commander-in-chief is disproportionately far smaller than the actual percen ...
AmericanHeritage.com / Garibaldi and Lincoln
... longer any prospect for compromise without casualties. The general commanding the fortunes of the United States was Winfield Scott, a veteran of the War of 1812, old and bloated and literally asleep at the telegraph that carried the bad news. The Army of the Potomac was, as Carl Sandburg would put i ...
... longer any prospect for compromise without casualties. The general commanding the fortunes of the United States was Winfield Scott, a veteran of the War of 1812, old and bloated and literally asleep at the telegraph that carried the bad news. The Army of the Potomac was, as Carl Sandburg would put i ...
The Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln`s Many Second Thoughts
... structure.14 As war president, he had centralized the government and contemplated the interests of the South as a whole at the expense of the exigencies of member states. His obsession with Southern nationhood made him incapable of compromise, even at a time when his constituents would have supporte ...
... structure.14 As war president, he had centralized the government and contemplated the interests of the South as a whole at the expense of the exigencies of member states. His obsession with Southern nationhood made him incapable of compromise, even at a time when his constituents would have supporte ...
Frederick Douglassʼ Relationship with Abraham Lincoln
... he began to push his policy of emancipation. He was always passionate about abolition in all parts of the United States: “I am, of course, for circumscribing and damaging slavery in every way I can. But my motto is extermination—not only in New Mexico, but in New Orleans, not only in California but ...
... he began to push his policy of emancipation. He was always passionate about abolition in all parts of the United States: “I am, of course, for circumscribing and damaging slavery in every way I can. But my motto is extermination—not only in New Mexico, but in New Orleans, not only in California but ...
Západočeská univerzita v Plzni - DSpace at University of West
... 1860, together with a biography of Lincoln, in a best-selling book that Lincoln himself compiled and marketed as part of his campaign” (p. 5). Although Lincoln lost the election, his public speeches engaged the national attention. In especially famous speech which motto came from New Testament recor ...
... 1860, together with a biography of Lincoln, in a best-selling book that Lincoln himself compiled and marketed as part of his campaign” (p. 5). Although Lincoln lost the election, his public speeches engaged the national attention. In especially famous speech which motto came from New Testament recor ...
On Lincoln`s Mind: Leading the Nation to the Gettysburg Address
... Eighty-seven years and 272 words. Abraham Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg Address delivered in 1863 took the nation back four score and seven years to 1776 and reminded us why the United States of America was founded and why its principles were worth fighting for. It continues to be one of the most pr ...
... Eighty-seven years and 272 words. Abraham Lincoln’s immortal Gettysburg Address delivered in 1863 took the nation back four score and seven years to 1776 and reminded us why the United States of America was founded and why its principles were worth fighting for. It continues to be one of the most pr ...
Restoring the Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln, Confiscation, and
... However, there are two major problems, one short and one long, with this reasoning and with Professor Fabrikant’s argument as a whole. First, the short one: the Prize Cases was not decided by the Supreme Court until March, 1863, long after Lincoln moved to issue his Proclamation. In other words, the ...
... However, there are two major problems, one short and one long, with this reasoning and with Professor Fabrikant’s argument as a whole. First, the short one: the Prize Cases was not decided by the Supreme Court until March, 1863, long after Lincoln moved to issue his Proclamation. In other words, the ...
Lincoln`s Just Laughter: Humour and Ethics in the Civil War Union
... relished, but mimicry, political satire, morality tales, bawdy, and biblical, classical and Shakespearean allusion. Many have characterized Lincoln’s humour as a ‘way of life’ or ‘habit of mind.’ 4 More often than not, students of Lincoln have reflected on two particular aspects of his use of laught ...
... relished, but mimicry, political satire, morality tales, bawdy, and biblical, classical and Shakespearean allusion. Many have characterized Lincoln’s humour as a ‘way of life’ or ‘habit of mind.’ 4 More often than not, students of Lincoln have reflected on two particular aspects of his use of laught ...
the lincoln-douglas debates
... and coins. Holding a block of four of the famous upside-down airplane stamps was exciting to Seth, but in 1988 he chose to focus on historic documents. Within two years, he had become the largest buyer in the field. Documents that Seth has handled have been exhibited at, or acquired by, the Smithson ...
... and coins. Holding a block of four of the famous upside-down airplane stamps was exciting to Seth, but in 1988 he chose to focus on historic documents. Within two years, he had become the largest buyer in the field. Documents that Seth has handled have been exhibited at, or acquired by, the Smithson ...
Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad are shown looking at a
... It was too hard to split, too wet to burn, and too heavy to move, so we plowed around it. You go back and tell Brigham Young that if he will let me alone I will let him alone.”2 George A. Hubbard, who has done extensive research on this subject, sees this incident ...
... It was too hard to split, too wet to burn, and too heavy to move, so we plowed around it. You go back and tell Brigham Young that if he will let me alone I will let him alone.”2 George A. Hubbard, who has done extensive research on this subject, sees this incident ...
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this
... ued to practice law and quell an Indian uprising called was reelected to the Illithe Black Hawk War. The nois legislature in 1838 company elected Lincoln as and again in 1840. their captain and Lincoln later During this time recalled, “He has not since had Lincoln also began any success in life whic ...
... ued to practice law and quell an Indian uprising called was reelected to the Illithe Black Hawk War. The nois legislature in 1838 company elected Lincoln as and again in 1840. their captain and Lincoln later During this time recalled, “He has not since had Lincoln also began any success in life whic ...
Draper- 1868- traditionalist view
... pressure thesis put forth by Draper. These sentiments (of popular pressure) are evidenced by his opinion that “men who had never thought of attacking the South’s peculiar institution before secession were now ready to destroy it in the most abrupt and ruthless way, if by doing so they could hasten t ...
... pressure thesis put forth by Draper. These sentiments (of popular pressure) are evidenced by his opinion that “men who had never thought of attacking the South’s peculiar institution before secession were now ready to destroy it in the most abrupt and ruthless way, if by doing so they could hasten t ...
The Ten Year War: What if Lincoln Had Not Exited After Four Years?
... of the dictator from Baghdad was only the beginning of a war that in 2016 is in its thirteenth year, even though President Obama had proclaimed it at an end in 2011, when he ostensibly withdrew the final American troops from that country. Interestingly enough, as we shall see, Lincoln did not make a ...
... of the dictator from Baghdad was only the beginning of a war that in 2016 is in its thirteenth year, even though President Obama had proclaimed it at an end in 2011, when he ostensibly withdrew the final American troops from that country. Interestingly enough, as we shall see, Lincoln did not make a ...
lincoln - First Stage
... irst Stage Children’s Theater’s Artistic Director Jeff Frank earned a BFA in acting/ directing from UW-Whitewater in 1987 and an MFA in child drama from the University of Utah in 1990. While attending graduate school his production of Thornton Wilder’s CHILDHOOD was invited to present at the Interna ...
... irst Stage Children’s Theater’s Artistic Director Jeff Frank earned a BFA in acting/ directing from UW-Whitewater in 1987 and an MFA in child drama from the University of Utah in 1990. While attending graduate school his production of Thornton Wilder’s CHILDHOOD was invited to present at the Interna ...
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
United States President Abraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre as the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac.Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated. An unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson 30 years before in 1835, and Lincoln had himself been the subject of an earlier assassination attempt by an unknown assailant in August 1864. The assassination of Lincoln was planned and carried out by the well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth, as part of a larger conspiracy in a bid to revive the Confederate cause.Booth's co-conspirators were Lewis Powell and David Herold, who were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt who was tasked to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson. By simultaneously eliminating the top three people in the administration, Booth and his co-conspirators hoped to sever the continuity of the United States government.Lincoln was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.. He died early the next morning. The rest of the conspirators' plot failed; Powell only managed to wound Seward, while Atzerodt, Johnson's would-be assassin, lost his nerve and fled. The funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln was a period of national mourning.