Lincoln the President
Subtitle: Last Full Measure
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780252068720
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; United States - 19th Century; Presidents; Historical - U.S.; U.S. History - Slavery Question And Abolitionism; U.S. President; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Politics and government; History: American; USA; Political; Presidents & Heads of State; History / United States / 19th Century; Lincoln, Abraham; 1861-1865; United States; 1809-1865; Biography; Lincoln, Abraham,
First sentence: IN HIS annual message to Congress in December 1863, in fulfillment of that provision of the Constitution which requires that the President shall "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union," Lincoln addressed himself to the question of reconstruction.