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Judging Lincoln Judging Lincoln 1 Frank J. Williams 2 With a Foreword by Harold Holzer and an Epilogue by John Y. Simon Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville Copyright © by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University Foreword copyright © by Harold Holzer Epilogue copyright © by John Y.Simon All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Frontispiece:Robert M.Cole,photographer.Peoria,Illinois,ca..Signed photograph (¾(cid:1)inches),probably made during the Lincoln and Douglas senatorial campaigns,that portrays Lincoln at the apex of his political and legal careers in Illinois.From The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana;photograph by Virginia Williams. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams,Frank J. Judging Lincoln / Frank J.Williams ;with a foreword by Harold Holzer ;and an epilogue by John Y.Simon. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. .Lincoln,Abraham,–. .Political leadership— United States—History—th century..Character. I.Title. E..W .'—dc [B] ISBN ---(cloth :alk.paper) Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Perma- nence of Paper for Printed Library Materials,ANSI Z.-.∞ For Virginia and my parents, Natalie and Frank, who have tolerated me and Abraham Lincoln all through the years Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword xiii Harold Holzer Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix 1. Abraham Lincoln,Our Ever-Present Contemporary 2. “A Matter of Profound Wonder”:The Women in Lincoln’s Life 3. Abraham Lincoln:Commander in Chief or “Attorney in Chief”? 4. Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties:The Corning Letter 5. Abraham Lincoln:The President and George Gordon Meade— An Evolving Commander in Chief 6. A View from the Field:The Soldiers’Vote for Abraham Lincoln’s Reelection 7. The End of Slavery:Lincoln and the Thirteenth Amendment— What Did He Know and When He Did Know It? vii Contents 8. Warrior,Communitarian,and Echo:The Leadership of Abraham Lincoln,Winston Churchill,and Franklin D.Roosevelt 9. Lincoln Collecting:What’s Left? Written with Mark E. Neely Jr. Epilogue John Y. Simon Bibliography Index viii Illustrations Robert M.Cole,[Abraham Lincoln] frontispiece John D.Whiting,[Lincoln and Douglas in Debate] xiv James Montgomery Flagg,title unknown xx Abraham Africanus I D.B.Russell,Proclamation ofEmancipation S.J.Ferris,Washington and Lincoln: (Apotheosis) Mathew B.Brady,[Mary Lincoln] Abraham Lincoln,autographed letter,May ,6 Photographer unknown,Mrs. Lincoln John Adams Whipple,the Lincoln home,Springfield,6 Photographer unknown,the Lincoln home,Springfield,6 Abraham Lincoln,autographed letter,May , Printmaker unknown,Lincoln and Family William A.Patterson,after an photograph by Alexander Hesler, Portrait ofAbraham Lincoln Revised Statutes ofthe State ofIllinois, Abraham Lincoln as lawyer,autograph document signed “Stuart and Lincoln” Autograph pleading signed “Logan & Lincoln” Abraham Lincoln as lawyer,partly printed document signed “A.Lincoln”and “W.H.Herndon” Alexander Gardner,[Abraham Lincoln] Henry W.Herrick,after J.W.Watts,Reading the Emancipation Proclamation ix
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