. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. PREFACE. The chapters inthis volume maken o pretensions t ogive either a biog-raphy of AbrahamLincoln or a historyof his were writtenamidst the constantpressure of editorialduties simply to cor-rect some popular er-rors as to Lincolnscharacter and actions. So much has been written ofhim by persons assuming to possess information obtainedin the inner circle of his confidence, and such conflictingpresentat
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. PREFACE. The chapters inthis volume maken o pretensions t ogive either a biog-raphy of AbrahamLincoln or a historyof his were writtenamidst the constantpressure of editorialduties simply to cor-rect some popular er-rors as to Lincolnscharacter and actions. So much has been written ofhim by persons assuming to possess information obtainedin the inner circle of his confidence, and such conflictingpresentations of his personal attributes and private andpublic acts have been given to the public, that I havedeemed it a duty to contribute what little I could frompersonal knowledge, to correct some common errors inestimating his character, abilit}-, and efforts. The closest men to Abraham Lincoln, both before andafter his election to the Presidency, were David Davis,
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