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PERIL He won the great Union victory at Gettysburg and turned the tide of the war, but let Lee's battered army escape to Virginia, where it would fight again
But Lincoln's stories provided more than mere amusement. Drawn from his own experiences and the curiosities reported by others, they frequently conveyed practical wisdom that his listeners could remember and repeat. For instance, when the Civil War was coming to an end and the debate began over what to...
When angry at someone, Lincoln would occasionally write a hot letter, but then would invariably put it aside until he had cooled down, at which point he no longer needed to send it. Lincoln had rarely been more "dejected and discouraged," as Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles observed, than...
The final quarter of the book tracks Booth's escape to Virginia, using false names and hobbled by a broken leg, where federal troops eventually catch up to him. He dies while resisting arrest with the final words, "Useless?useless." Geary then wraps up his brief history with a survey...
Most Fundamentalists think believers will be taken to heaven in a "rapture" and escape calamities preceding Jesus Christ's Second Coming. But the Identity movement tells believers they must endure these dire events and prepare by taking military and survival training and stockpiling weapons and food. John Harrell of Louisville...