. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . ight it outon this line if it takes all summer. The terriblesacrifices in the battles of the Wilderness, Spott-sylvania, and Cold Harbor, however, sent a shudderthrough the land. In forty days, Grant had lostfifty thousand men battling with Lee and settleddown to the grim siege of Petersburg. At the sametime, Sherman was paying for every inch of groundhe slowly gained against Johnston in Georgia. In a season of doubt and gloom, Lincoln himselfmust fight a battle at the polls for his reelectionto the Presidency. The radicals in the Republicanparty were i
. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . ight it outon this line if it takes all summer. The terriblesacrifices in the battles of the Wilderness, Spott-sylvania, and Cold Harbor, however, sent a shudderthrough the land. In forty days, Grant had lostfifty thousand men battling with Lee and settleddown to the grim siege of Petersburg. At the sametime, Sherman was paying for every inch of groundhe slowly gained against Johnston in Georgia. In a season of doubt and gloom, Lincoln himselfmust fight a battle at the polls for his reelectionto the Presidency. The radicals in the Republicanparty were in open revolt against him. They helda National Convention and nominated John for President. The Republican politicians were equally opposedto the President. Anybody but Lincoln seemedto be the well-nigh unanimous sentiment amongthem. He himself admitted he had only one friendin the entire House of Representatives on whom hecould rely. The leaders did not complain of any personalslight at Lincolns hands. On the contrary, he 254. From the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, Esq., New York City One of the Most Interesting of All Lincoln Portraits
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