Abraham Lincoln and Men of War-Times: Some Personal Recollections of War and Politics during the Lincoln Administration (Fourth Edition)

Offers an intimate view of the presidents relations with military men and politicians placing emphasis on the election campaigns of 1860 and 1864. This book reveals how Lincoln replaced Vice President Hamlin with the southern Democrat Andrew Johnson on the 1864 ticket how he kept his hand hidden in order not to offend Hamlin and his supporters.