Judging Lincoln
By: Frank J. Williams ; with a foreword by Harold Holzer ; and an epilogue by John Y. Simon.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.; Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Character.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Abraham Lincoln, Our Ever-Present Contemporary 2. "A Matter of Profound Wonder": The Women in Lincoln's Life 17 3. Abraham Lincoln: Commander in Chief or "Attorney in Chief"? 34 4. Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties: The Corning Letter 60 5. Abraham Lincoln: The President and George Gordon Meade -An Evolving Commander in Chief 80 6. A View from the Field: The Soldiers' Vote for Abraham Lincoln's Reelection 93 7. The End of Slavery: Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment -What Did He Know and When He Did Know It? z28 8. Warrior, Communitarian, and Echo: The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt I46 9. Lincoln Collecting: What's Left? 163 Written with Mark E. Neely Jr..