02109nam 22004213u 450 991045495270332120210108014312.00-585-03145-2(CKB)111004368577956(EBL)1354609(OCoLC)782950384(MiAaPQ)EBC1354609(EXLCZ)9911100436857795620131216d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||The Lincoln Mailbag[electronic resource] America Writes to the President, 1861-1865Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press20061 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-2072-X Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Note on Editorial Methods; Photo Gallery; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; Index; Author Bio; Back CoverAs president, Abraham Lincoln received between two hundred and five hundred letters a day-correspondence from public officials, political allies, and military leaders, as well as letters from ordinary Americans of all races who wanted to share their views with him. Here, and in his critically acclaimed volume Dear Mr. Lincoln, editor Harold Holzer has rescued these voices-sometimes eloquent, occasionally angry, at times poetic-from the obscurity of the archives of the Civil War. The Lincoln Mailbag includes letters written by African Americans, which Lincoln never saLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- CorrespondenceUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- SourcesElectronic books.Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence.United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.973.7/092973.7092Holzer Harold910532AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454952703321The Lincoln Mailbag2037869UNINA