Abraham Lincoln and the Union
Abraham Lincoln and the Union
--A Chronicle of the Embattled North
by Nathaniel W. Stephenson
PREFACE
In spite of a lapse of sixty years, the historian who attempts to portray the era of Lincoln is still faced with almost impossible demands and still confronted with arbitrary points of view. It is out of the question, in a book so brief as this must necessarily be, to meet all these demands or to alter these points of view. Interests that are purely local ...