| Description |
1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editors' Introduction -- 1. 1861 -- 2. 1862 -- 3. 1863 -- 4. 1864 -- Appendix: Speech to the Citizents of Florida -- Notes -- Index -- Author Bio -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that ""some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing within forty eight hours that would ring through the world.""The women feared that the Virginian planned either to assassinate or to capture the president. Calling this a ""harrowing communication, "" Hay continued his entry: ""They went away and I went to the bedside of the Chief couché |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-369) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Diaries
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates
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| SUBJECT |
Hay, John, 1838-1905 fast |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 fast |
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Statesmen -- United States -- Diaries
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HISTORY.
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Friendship
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Statesmen
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140261
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burlingame, Michael, 1941-
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Ettlinger, John R. T
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| ISBN |
0585106584 |
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9780585106588 |
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9780809322626 |
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0809322625 |
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9780809383108 |
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0809383101 |
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9780809320998 |
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0809320991 |
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