The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . nces of frontier life in the southern partof the then Territory of Indiana. At twenty, he hadgrown to be nearly six feet and four inches in height,with a slender yet uncommonly strong and muscularframe. Constructing a flat-boat, he made with it asuccessful trip to New Orleans, then served as a clerkin a store and flouring-mill at New Salem, there, the Black Hawk war broke out, andyoung Lincoln helped to raise a company of volun-teers, and was
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . nces of frontier life in the southern partof the then Territory of Indiana. At twenty, he hadgrown to be nearly six feet and four inches in height,with a slender yet uncommonly strong and muscularframe. Constructing a flat-boat, he made with it asuccessful trip to New Orleans, then served as a clerkin a store and flouring-mill at New Salem, there, the Black Hawk war broke out, andyoung Lincoln helped to raise a company of volun-teers, and was chosen its captain. The company af-terward disbanded, but young Lincoln, determinedto serve in the campaign, enlisted as a private, andlived a soldiers life for the next three months. Re-ferring to this experience in a congressional speechin after years, Mr. Lincoln said : By the way, , did you know I was a military hero? Yes,sir, in the days of the Black Hawk war, I fought, bled,and came away. Speaking of General Cass career,reminds me of my own. I was not at Stillmans de-feat, but I was about as near it as Cass to Hulls sur-. cX7
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