Judging Lincoln

Contents

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 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  Contents viii ...