Lincoln's last speech : wartime reconstruction and the crisis of reunion /

Lincoln's last speech : wartime reconstruction and the crisis of reunion /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masur, Louis P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Series:Pivotal moments in American history.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on reconstruction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: "Gladness of heart"
  • "A large share of thought from the first"
  • "Proper, practical relation"
  • "A pernicious abstraction"
  • "A plan of re-construction"
  • "We, the loyal people, differ"
  • "Fraught with difficulty"
  • "A righteous and speedy peace"
  • "The egg is to the fowl"
  • Afterword: "the present 'situation'"
  • Appendix: text of Lincoln's last speech, April 22, 1865.