Erasmus brief biography of abraham lincoln
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THE Typography OF
Patriarch LINCOLN
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WILLIAM E. BARTON
AUTHOR OF "A HERO Agreement HOMESPUN,"
"THE PRAIRIE SCHOONER," "PINE KNOT,"
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PREFACE
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People/Characters Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
James M. McPherson, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
(Penguin Press HC, )
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln did not get much respect as a military leader. Lincoln himself deprecated his expertise even as he pushed West Point generals into more aggressive action. &#;If possible I would be very glad of another movement early enough to give us some benefit from the fact of the enemies communications being broken, but neither for this reason, or any other, do I wish anything done in desperation or rashness,&#; he advised the commander of the Army of the Potomac in May after the Battle of Chancellorsville. &#;An early movement would also help to supersede the bad moral effect of the recent one, which is sure to be considerably injurious. Have you already in your mind a plan wholly, or partially formed? If you have, prossecute [sic] it without interference from me. If you have not, please inform me, so that I, incompetent as I may be, can try [to] assist in the formation of some plan for the Army.&#;1
The nation&#;s president did not have the military education or experience of his Confederate counterpart, Jefferson Davis. But Lincoln was a conscientious scholar &#; and he became a student of military