Every drop of blood: the momentous second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
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Atlantic Monthly Press
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2020
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English
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"By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. That day, after a morning of rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington's Capitol grounds to see Abraham Lincoln take theoath for a second term. As the sun emerged, Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history, stunning the nation by arguing, in a brief 701 words, that both sides had been wrong, and that the war's unimaginable horrors-every drop of blood spilled-might well have been God's just verdict on the national sin of slavery. Edward Achorn reveals the nation's capital on that momentous day-with its mud, sewage, and saloons, its prostitutes, spies, reporters, social-climbing spouses, and power-hungry politicians-as a microcosm of all the opposing forces that had driven the country apart. Achorn weaves together the stories of the host of characters, unknown and famous, that had converged on Washington-from grievously wounded Union colonel Selden Connor in a Washington hospital, embarrassingly drunk new vice president Andrew Johnson, and poet-journalist Walt Whitman, to soldiers' advocate Clara Barton, African American leader Frederick Douglass (who called the speech "a sacred effort"), and conflicted actor John Wilkes Booth-all swirling around the complex figure of Lincoln. In indelible scenes, Achorn vividly captures the frenzy in the nation's capital at this crucial moment in America's history and the tension-filled hope and despair afflicting the country as a whole, soon to be heightened by Lincoln's assassination. His story offers new understanding of our great national crisis, and echoes down the decades to resonate in our own time"--
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Biography
Civil rights
Electronic books
Heads of state
History
Inaugurations
Influence
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Inaugurations
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Influence
Lincoln, Abraham, -- Inaugurations
Lincoln, Abraham, -- Influence
Political science
Politics and government
Presidents
Social life and customs
United States
United States -- History
Washington (D.C.) -- History
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government
Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
Civil rights
Electronic books
Heads of state
History
Inaugurations
Influence
Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Inaugurations
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Influence
Lincoln, Abraham, -- Inaugurations
Lincoln, Abraham, -- Influence
Political science
Politics and government
Presidents
Social life and customs
United States
United States -- History
Washington (D.C.) -- History
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government
Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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Electronic books
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Inaugurations
Influence
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Political science
Politics and government
Presidents
Social life and customs
Civil rights
Electronic books
Heads of state
History
Inaugurations
Influence
Lincoln, Abraham
Political science
Politics and government
Presidents
Social life and customs
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