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Lincoln As Commander in Chief

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By Edwin Grosvenor Verified, James M. McPherson, Steve Inskeep Verified, Walter Stahr
| American Heritage Verified
On July 27, 1848, a tall, raw-boned Whig congressman from Illinois rose in the House of Representatives to challenge the Mexican War policies of President James K. Polk. An opponent of what he considered an unjust war, Abraham Lincoln mocked his own meager record as a militia captain who had seen no action in the Black Hawk War of 1832. “By the way, Mr. Speaker, did you know I am a military hero?” asked Lincoln. “Yes, sir . . .
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I Dread the Thought of the Place

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By David Hartwig, James M. McPherson, Gary W. Gallagher, John Hennessy
| press.jhu.edu
The definitive account of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War. The memory of the Battle of Antietam was so haunting that when, nine months later, Major Rufus Dawes learned another Antietam battle might be on the horizon, he wrote, "I hope not, I dread the thought of the place." In this definitive account, historian D. Scott Hartwig chronicles the single bloodiest day in American history, which resulted in 23,000 casualties.
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History and Knowing Who We Are

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By Bruce Catton, Frederic D. Schwarz, Bernard Weisberger, James M. McPherson
| American Heritage Verified
Learning about history is an antidote to the hubris of the present, the idea that everything in our lives is the ultimate. Former President Harry S. Truman once remarked that the history we don’t know is the only new thing in the world. Picking up on a related theme, the late Daniel Boorstin, an eminent historian, Librarian of Congress, and griend of mine, wrote that planning for the future without a sense of the past is similar to planting cut flowers and hoping for the best.
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