Lincoln's Men How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publish date: 02/01/2000
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Lincoln is certainly one of the most beloved presidents in American history. And now William C. Davis demonstrates that Lincoln's contemporaries -- the men he led as commander-in-chief during the Civil War -- were the first to recognize his unique qualities as a devoted and caring leader. Throughout the war, thousands of soldiers wrote him personal letters and recorded their profound feelings for him in their diaries and letters home. Davis, one of today's most respected Civil War historians, draws on these writings to offer an important new perspective on Lincoln.
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Beginning with Lincoln's own experiences as a volunteer in the Black Hawk War, Davis sheds light on Lincoln's deep connection to the emotional toll of war on ordinary soldiers and their families. In meticulous and moving detail, he chronicles how and why Lincoln became known as "Father Abraham" throughout the army and the North as a whole.
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