Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865

The most essential writings of America’s heroic Civil War president. As impressive as his presidency was one of his most lasting legacies was his writing. In addition to masterful writing for everything from orders to his generals and condolences to the aggrieved Mrs. Bixby his Second Inaugural Address and Gettysburg Address are considered masterpieces that rate among the greatest writings in American history. Perhaps Lincoln’s most impressive feat is that he was able to convey so much with so few words; after famous orator Edward Everett spoke for hours at Gettysburg Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address only took a few minutes.In the generation after the Civil War Lincoln became an American deity and one of the most written about men in history.Understandably all of his writings and papers were intently scoured and collected and they’ve been preserved in seven volumes of Papers and Writings.