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366 days in Abraham Lincoln's presidency : the private, political, and military decisions of America's greatest president / Stephen A. Wynalda

Author
Wynalda, Stephen A.
Additional Titles
Three hundred and sixty-six days in Abraham Lincoln's presidency
Published
New York : Skyhorse Pub., [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Physical Description
xxvii, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Summary
Journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln's decisions in office--including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5, 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son, Willie, died. Revealed are Lincoln's private frustrations on September 28, 1862, as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin, "The North responds to the [Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels." --from publisher description
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ISBN
9781602399945
1602399948
Note
"A Herman Graf book."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
UP-PAT copy: Purchased with funds from the Memorial Donations In Honor of Capt. Jessica S. Conkling, USMC; 2010.
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