Lincoln's Reluctant War: How Abolitionists Leaned on the President
For a group of passionate New Englanders, the Civil War was always a divine mission to end the scourge of slavery. It took a while for Lincoln to see things that way. More »
David Von Drehle is a Time magazine editor at large and the author, most recently, of Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year.
For a group of passionate New Englanders, the Civil War was always a divine mission to end the scourge of slavery. It took a while for Lincoln to see things that way. More »
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