The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln | Page 5

the "Monitor"--Lincoln's Part in the Enterprise--The President's First Annual Message--Discussion of the Labor Question--A President's Reception in War Time--A Great Affliction--Death in the White House--
Chapters
from the Secret Service--A Morning Call on the President--Goldwin Smith's Impressions of Lincoln--Other Notable Tributes

CHAPTER XVIII
Lincoln and His Cabinet--An Odd Assortment of Officials--Misconceptions of Rights and Duties--Frictions and Misunderstandings--The Early Cabinet Meetings--Informal Conversational Affairs--Queer Attitude toward the War--Regarded as a Political Affair--Proximity to Washington a Hindrance to Military Success--Disturbances in the Cabinet--A Senate Committee Demands Seward's Removal from the Cabinet--Lincoln's Mastery of the Situation--Harmony Restored--Stanton becomes War Secretary--Sketch of a Remarkable Man--Next to Lincoln, the Master-Mind of the Cabinet--Lincoln the Dominant Power

CHAPTER XIX
Lincoln's Personal Attention to the Military Problems of the War--Efforts to Push forward the War--Disheartening Delays--Lincoln's Worry and Perplexity Brightening Prospects--Union Victories in North Carolina and Tennessee--Proclamation by the President--Lincoln Wants to See for Himself--Visits Fortress Monroe--Witnesses an Attack on the Rebel Ram "Merrimac"--The Capture of Norfolk--Lincoln's Account of the Affair--Letter to McClellan--Lincoln and the Union Soldiers--His Tender Solicitude for the Boys in Blue--Soldiers Always Welcome at the White House--Pardoning Condemned Soldiers--Letter to a Bereaved Mother--The Case of Cyrus Pringle--Lincoln's Love of Soldiers' Humor--Visiting the Soldiers in Trenches and Hospitals--Lincoln at "The Soldiers' Rest"

CHAPTER XX
Lincoln and McClellan--The Peninsular Campaign of 1862--Impatience with McClellan's Delay--Lincoln Defends McClellan from Unjust Criticism--Some Harrowing Experiences--McClellan Recalled from the Peninsula--His Troops Given to General Pope--Pope's Defeat at Manassas--A Critical Situation--McClellan again in Command--Lincoln Takes the Responsibility--McClellan's Account of His Reinstatement--The Battle of Antietam--The President Vindicated--Again Dissatisfied with McClellan--Visits the Army in the Field--The President in the Saddle--Correspondence between Lincoln and McClellan--McClellan's Final Removal--Lincoln's Summing-Up of McClellan--McClellan's "Body-Guard"

CHAPTER XXI
Lincoln and Slavery--Plan for Gradual Emancipation--Anti-Slavery Legislation in 1862--Pressure Brought to Bear on the Executive--The Delegation of Quakers--A Visit from Chicago Clergymen--Interview between Lincoln and Channing--Lincoln and Horace Greeley--The President's Answer to "The Prayer of Twenty Millions of People"--Conference between Lincoln and Greeley--Emancipation Resolved on--The Preliminary Proclamation--Lincoln's Account of It--Preparing for the Final Act--The Emancipation Proclamation--Particulars of the Great Document--Fate of the Original Draft--Lincoln's Outline of His Course and Views Regarding Slavery

CHAPTER XXII
President and People--Society at the White House in 1862-3--The President's Informal Receptions--A Variety of Callers--Characteristic Traits of Lincoln--His Ability to Say No when Necessary--Would not Countenance Injustice--Good Sense and Tact in Settling Quarrels--His Shrewd Knowledge of Men--Getting Rid of Bores--Loyalty to His Friends--Views of His Own Position--"Attorney for the People"--Desire that They Should Understand Him--His Practical Kindness--A Badly Scared Petitioner--Telling a Story to Relieve Bad News--A Breaking Heart beneath the Smiles--His Deeply Religious Nature--The Changes Wrought by Grief

CHAPTER XXIII
Lincoln's Home-Life in the White House--Comfort in the Companionship of his Youngest Son--"Little Tad" the Bright Spot in the White House--The President and His Little Boy Reviewing the Army of the Potomac--Various Phases of Lincoln's Character--His Literary Tastes--Fondness for Poetry and Music--His Remarkable Memory--Not a Latin Scholar--Never Read a Novel--Solace in Theatrical Representation--Anecdotes of Booth and McCullough--Methods of Literary Work--Lincoln as an Orator--Caution in Impromptu Speeches--His Literary Style--Management of His Private Correspondence--Knowledge of Woodcraft--Trees and Human Character--Exchanging Views with Professor Agassiz--Magnanimity toward Opponents--Righteous Indignation--Lincoln's Religious Nature

CHAPTER XXIV
Trials of the Administration in 1863--Hostility to War Measures--Lack of Confidence at the North--Opposition in Congress--How Lincoln Felt about the "Fire in the Rear"--Criticisms from Various Quarters--Visit of "the Boston Set"--The Government on a Tight-Rope--The Enlistment of Colored Troops--Interview between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass--Reverses in the Field--Changes of Military Leaders--From Burnside to Hooker--Lincoln's First Meeting with "Fighting Joe"--The President's Solicitude--His Warning Letter to Hooker--His Visit to the Rappahannock--Hooker's Self-Confidence the "Worst Thing about Him"--The Defeat at Chancellorsville--The Failure of Our Generals--"Wanted, a Man"

CHAPTER XXV
The Battle-Summer of 1863--A Turn of the Tide--Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania--A Threatening Crisis--Change of Union Commanders--Meade Succeeds Hooker--The Battle of Gettysburg--Lincoln's Anxiety during the Fight--The Retreat of Lee--Union Victories in the Southwest--The Capture of Vicksburg--Lincoln's Thanks to Grant--Returning Cheerfulness--Congratulations to the Country--Improved State of Feeling at the North--State Elections of 1863--The Administration Sustained--Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg--Lincoln's Address--Scenes and Incidents at the Dedication--Meeting with Old John Burns--Edward Everett's Impressions of Lincoln

CHAPTER XXVI
Lincoln and Grant--Their Personal Relations--Grant's Success at Chattanooga--Appointed Lieutenant-General--Grant's First Visit to Washington--His Meeting with Lincoln--Lincoln's First Impressions of Grant--The First "General" Lincoln had Found--"That Presidential Grub"--True Version of the Whiskey Anecdote--Lincoln Tells Grant the Story of Sykes's Dog--"We'd Better Let Mr. Grant Have His Own Way"--Grant's Estimate of Lincoln

CHAPTER XXVII
Lincoln's Second Presidential Term--His Attitude toward it--Rival Candidates for the Nomination--Chase's Achillean Wrath--Harmony Restored--The Baltimore Convention--Decision "not to Swap Horses while Crossing a Stream"--The Summer of 1864--Washington again Threatened--Lincoln under Fire--Unpopular Measures--The President's Perplexities and Trials--The Famous Letter "To Whom It May Concern"--Little Expectation of Re-election--Dangers of Assassination--A Thrilling Experience--Lincoln's Forced Serenity--"The Saddest Man in the World"--A Break in the Clouds--Lincoln Vindicated by Re-election--Cheered and Reassured--More Trouble with Chase--Lincoln's Final Disposal of Him--The President's Fourth Annual Message--His Position toward the Rebellion and Slavery Reaffirmed--Colored Folks' Reception at the White House--Passage