“We are coming, Father Abraham, Three Hundred Thousand More.” This was the memorable opening line of an 1862 poem (and later popular song) by James Sloan Gibbons that signified the enthusiasm of some in the North for President Lincoln’s decisive…
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Letter to George McClellan (October 13, 1862)
Contributing Editors for this page include Brian Elsner and Susan Segal Ranking #44 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript Context. George Brinton McClellan was appointed the Commander of the Army of the Potomac in 1861 and…
Letter to George Meade (July 14, 1863)
Contributing Editors for this page include Susan Segal Ranking #87 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “Again, my dear general, I do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee’s escape.…
Letter to Horatio Seymour (August 7, 1863)
Contributing Editors for this page include Susan Segal Ranking #147 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “…I do not object to abide a decision of the United States Supreme Court, or of the judges thereof,…
How did Lincoln’s contemporaries respond to his leadership?
At Quora, the social question & answer website, we have posted the following essential question to help teachers and students organize their thoughts on some of the documents within the Father Abraham theme: How did Lincoln’s own contemporaries respond to…
Why did Lincoln try to separate some aspects of equality from emancipation?
At Quora, the social question & answer website, we have posted the following essential question to help teachers and students organize their thoughts on some of the documents within the Father Abraham theme: Why did Lincoln try to separate…
Understanding Lincoln –Project Gallery
Here are some of the very best projects submitted in recent years by participants who joined the “Understanding Lincoln,” online graduate course. This course, organized around our site “Lincoln’s Writings,” is jointly sponsored by the House Divided Project at Dickinson College and…
Contributing Editors
The following people have contributed a wide range of editorial content to the Lincoln’s Writings site. You can view their particular contributions by clicking on their names below. All of these editors have been graduate student participants in Matthew Pinsker’s “Understanding Lincoln,” online course…
What makes a good close reading?
By Matthew Pinsker We are looking for a few good close readings at the Lincoln’s Writings website and through the Understanding Lincoln online graduate course, but what makes for a successful close reading of a Lincoln document? The term can mean different…
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