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Tag Archives: Lincoln’s Assassination
The Unexpected Turn
In my conclusion to Turning Points of the American Civil War, I suggest that Lincoln’s assassination was perhaps a turning point of the war rather than just a tragic coda that followed the surrender at Appomattox. In his outstanding book … Continue reading
James A. Garfield Remembers Abraham Lincoln
On April 14, 1866, Ohio Representative James A. Garfield stood and used the occasion of the first anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination to eulogize the late president. Though he had only been in office little more than three years, Garfield’s eulogy … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership--Federal, Lincoln, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Eulogy, James A. Garfield, Lincoln's Assassination
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John Wilkes Booth and the Legacy of Reconstruction
How sorely we miss Abraham Lincoln—yet I often wonder whether we realize just how much. A shrewd politician, Lincoln successfully navigated the complicated political waters of Washington for more than four years, somehow cobbling together a coalition to maintain support … Continue reading