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Title: Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II

Author: John T. Morse

Release Date: July 1, 2004 [EBook #12801]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Stephen A. Douglas]

American Statesmen

STANDARD LIBRARY EDITION

[Illustration: _The Home of Abraham Lincoln_]

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

BY

JOHN T. MORSE, JR.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II.

1899

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CONTENTS

I. EMANCIPATION AND POLITICS
II. THE SECOND ACT OF THE MCCLELLAN DRAMA
III. THE THIRD AND CLOSING ACT OF THE MCCLELLAN DRAMA
IV. THE AUTUMN ELECTIONS OF 1862, AND THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION
V. BATTLES AND SIEGES: DECEMBER, 1862-DECEMBER, 1863
VI. SUNDRIES
VII. THE TURN OF THE TIDE
VIII. RECONSTRUCTION
IX. RENOMINATION
X. MILITARY SUCCESSES, AND THE REELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
XI. THE END COMES INTO SIGHT: THE SECOND INAUGURATION
XII. EMANCIPATION COMPLETED
XIII. THE FALL OF RICHMOND, AND THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

INDEX

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ILLUSTRATIONS

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

From a photograph by Brady in the Library of the State Department at
Washington.

Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library.

The vignette of Mr. Lincoln's home, corner Eighth and Jackson streets,
Springfield, Ill., is from a photograph.

SIMON CAMERON

From a photograph by Mr. Le Rue Lemer, Harrisburg, Pa.

Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library.

LINCOLN SUBMITTING THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION TO HIS CABINET

From the painting by Carpenter in the Capitol at Washington.

ISAAC N. ARNOLD

From a photograph by Brady in the Library of the State Department at
Washington.

Autograph from one furnished by his daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Scudder,
Chicago, Ill.

MONTGOMERY BLAIR

From a photograph by Brady in the Libr