Lincoln, Abraham – Civil War Profiles

Lincoln’s Lieutenants

January 12, 2018 Civil War Profiles 0

Lincoln’s Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac Stephen Sears Hardcover; 896 pages Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2017) Lincoln’s Lieutenants by Stephen Sears is a comprehensive leadership history of the Army of the Potomac […]

Mourning Lincoln

April 23, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Mourning Lincoln Martha Hodes Hardcover;408 pages Yale University Press (2015) In Mourning Lincoln, author Martha Hodes uses a wide array of contemporary letters and diaries to document personal reactions to Abraham Lincoln’s death. The book […]

The Changing Face of Lincoln

February 15, 2015 Mathew W. Lively 8

Abraham Lincoln’s physical appearance changed dramatically during his tenure as President of the United States. The magnitude of his apparent aging is often demonstrated by showing a photograph from the start of his first term […]

Lincoln’s Assassination

February 8, 2015 Civil War Profiles 0

Lincoln’s Assassination Edward Steers, Jr. Hardcover; 176 pages Southern Illinois University Press (2014) Another appealing volume from the Concise Lincoln Library series, Lincoln’s Assassination contains a wealth of information starting with John Wilkes Booth’s original […]

Lincoln’s Letter to Mrs. Bixby

November 21, 2014 Mathew W. Lively 4

One hundred and fifty years ago today, a letter was written to a Mrs. Lydia Bixby of Massachusetts consoling her for the loss of five sons during their service in the Union army. The letter, […]

Yellow Fever Plot of 1864 Targeted Lincoln, U.S. Cities

July 13, 2014 Mathew W. Lively 2

In the summer of 1864, Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, a Kentucky-born physician turned Confederate agent, allegedly instituted a bioterrorism plot against United States cities and President Abraham Lincoln. Blackburn’s goal was to “release” Yellow Fever […]

Lincoln’s Boys

March 16, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image Joshua Zeitz Hardcover; 400 pages Viking (2014) A concise, dual biography of John Nicolay and John Hay, Lincoln’s personal secretaries and closest aides […]

Lincoln and Medicine

February 1, 2014 Civil War Profiles 1

Lincoln and Medicine Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein Hardcover; 152 pages Southern Illinois University Press (2012) A book from the Concise Lincoln Library series, Lincoln and Medicine is a brief analysis of the medical conditions possibly suffered […]

Lincoln Walks at Midnight

January 10, 2014 Civil War Profiles 0

Abraham Lincoln, Smallpox, and the Gettysburg Address

November 15, 2013 Mathew W. Lively 5

As Abraham Lincoln rose to give the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, his face had a “sad, mournful, almost haggard” expression according to Clark E. Carr, a member of National Cemetery Commission. Reciting the […]