During Abraham Lincoln's time in office, Elizabeth Kipp Vincent was a teen living in Washington, DC. She saw Lincoln on a number of occasions around the city and shook his hand in the White House. Like most Northerners, she viewed "Father Abraham" as a wise, kindly, family member and was shocked to the core by his assassination.
Toward the end of her life, Vincent was asked to write this short volume of her memories of Lincoln. She relates hearing the news of his assassination from a friend who came running up the street. She later visited the arraignment of the conspirators and viewed the parade upon Sherman's return to Washington.
It also includes the transcript of the THE DAILY MORNING CHRONICLE's reports immediately after the shooting up until Lincoln died on April 15th.
As with many of these rare and poignant accounts by average Americans of the time, this one provides an immediacy you can't get with more formal histories.
Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.
For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones.
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