Excerpt from Lincoln Day by Day, Vol. 3: A Chronology, 1809-1865; 1861-1865 Volume III of this series continues and concludes the chart of Abraham Lincoln's daily activities, covering the period January 1, 1861 to April 15, 1865. The present volume is concerned with Mr. Lincoln in the White House, the elected head of a government in crisis. The man seen earlier in the courts and on the political hustings of Illinois is now guiding his nation through a civil war. Generals, cabinet officers, political leaders, and many men of high and low degree are his associates as he gradually wins the victory of arms and, with it, the victory of the human S Int. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.