Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (Eric Foner - LP) taylor only twenty-three years old and

only twenty-three years old and barely two years removed from being the goat of his West Point class

Richard Ewell’s marching infantry corps and report on enemy activity

slave and free

It also meant that the African American role in the Union victory remained part of local community remembrance and commemoration

These unique narratives are drawn from military and pension records

Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (Eric Foner - LP) taylor only twenty-three years old andOur Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World edited by Eric Foner In 1876 the abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed, "No man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln." Undeterred, the contributors to Our Lincoln believe it is possible to even now, especially if the starting point is the interaction between life and the times. Several of these original essays focus on Lincoln's leadership as president and commander in chief. James