Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States

CHAPTER XXI.

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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1864.

Proclamation for a Fast--Speech to Soldiers--Another Speech-- “To Whom it may Concern”--Chicago Convention--Opposition Embarrassed--Resolution No. 2--McClellan’s Acceptance-- Capture of the Mobile Forts and Atlanta--Proclamation for Thanksgiving--Remarks on Employment of Negro Soldiers-- Address to Loyal Marylanders 314