02239nam 22004453u 450 991077897780332120221025193550.00-585-03145-2(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 -- SourcesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865SourcesLincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence.United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.973.7/092973.7092Holzer Harold910532Holzer Harold910532Lincoln Abraham1809-1865.555500AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910778977803321The Lincoln mailbag3851640UNINA