CHAPTER XII.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR.

The Beginning—Personal Recollections—The War Spirit—Progress of the War—The Emancipation Proclamation—A Fight to Finish—Lincoln's Kindness—He Relieves a Young Soldier—He Names Triplets Who Are Yet Living—His Reëlection—The Fall of Richmond—Appomattox—Close of the Rebellion 87