TY - BOOK AU - Symonds,Craig L. AU - Clinton,Catherine AU - Davis,William C. AU - Emerson,Jason AU - Foner,Eric AU - Foreman,Amanda AU - Harris,William C. AU - Holzer,Harold AU - Kline,Michael J. AU - Marszalek,John F. AU - Schecter,Barnet AU - Stahr,Walter AU - Stauffer,John AU - Striner,Richard AU - Symonds,Craig L. AU - Waugh,John C. AU - Williams,Frank J. TI - Exploring Lincoln: Great Historians Reappraise Our Greatest President T2 - The North's Civil War SN - 9780823265633 AV - E457 .E96 2015 U1 - 973.7092 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Fordham University Press, KW - Political leadership KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Presidents KW - Biography KW - HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) KW - bisacsh KW - Civil Liberties KW - Lincoln Assassination KW - Lincoln KW - Ulysses Grant KW - William T. Sherman KW - civil war N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Lincoln's Role in the 1860 Presidential Campaign --; The Baltimore Plot- Fact or Fiction? --; The Old Army and the Seeds of Change --; Seward and Lincoln --; Mourning in America --; Abraham Lincoln, Admiral-in-Chief --; Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee --; "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" --; The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln --; Lincoln and the Struggle to End Slavery --; Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation --; The Gettysburg Campaign and the New York City Draft Riots --; Lincoln and New York --; Lincoln and McClellan --; Judging Lincoln as Judge --; The Madness of Mary Lincoln --; Notes --; Contributors --; The Lincoln Forum --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Ubiquitous and enigmatic, the historical Lincoln, the literary Lincoln, even the cinematic Lincoln have all proved both fascinating and irresistible. Though some 16,000 books have been written about him, there is always more to say, new aspects of his life to consider, new facets of his persona to explore. Enlightening and entertaining, Exploring Lincoln offers a selection of sixteen papers presented at the Lincoln Forum symposia over the past three years.Shining new light on particular aspects of Lincoln and his tragically abbreviated presidency, Exploring Lincoln presents a compelling snapshot of current Lincoln scholarship and a fascinating window into understanding America's greatest president UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823265657?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823265657 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823265657/original ER -