Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay

Contents

contents Preface ix Introduction 1 1. Election Day 1860 and Cabinet Making 17 2. The Fort Sumter Crisis: March–April 1861 28 3. Distributing Patronage: 1861 33 4. Frontier Guards at the White House: April 1861 47 5. Washington Besieged: April 1861 51 6. The First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861 75 7. Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton 80 8. Lincoln and General George B. McClellan 96 9. Removal of McClellan from Command: November 1862 106 10. Cabinet Crisis: December 1862 117 11. Lincoln’s Fame 136 Notes 145 Index 169 ...