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

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

xxvii, 590 p., [16] p. of plates : 25 cm, 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, \"A Herman Graf Book.\", Includes bibliographical references and index, 1861. January 3: Lincoln vacillates -- A divisive cabinet -- January 11: Lincoln stands firm -- The other thirteenth amendment -- January 12: Visitors -- January 24: \"Diamond in the rough\" -- Informal wear -- January 28: Inaugural preparations -- January 31: A tearful goodbye -- Sally -- February 6: A last Springfield reception -- What the Lincolns left behind -- February 8: The Lincolns move out -- February 11: Lincoln leaves Springfield -- February 14: Whistle-stops -- February 15: \"There is no crisis\" -- February 21: The Baltimore plot -- Should Lincoln have been worried? -- February 23: Lincoln's secret train ride -- Lincoln's first day in Washington -- February 27: The old nemesis -- March 5: Anderson's warning -- March 10: Lincoln goes to church -- Praying for the president -- March 12: Surrendering Sumter? -- March 16: Lincoln polls his cabinet -- The surrounded fortress -- March 18: The green president -- March 19: Patronage -- March 29: The commander in chief decides -- March 30: A share in the patronage pie -- April 1: The American prime minister -- Seward's ambition -- April 5: The presidential paycheck -- April 6: To avoid war -- April 13: Sumter falls -- April 17: Virginia secedes from the Union -- The anguished…