How we elected Lincoln

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF LINCOLN AND MEN OF HIS TIME
BY ABRAM J. DITTENHOEFER
A CAMPAIGNER FOR LINCOLN IN 1860 AND A LINCOLN ELECTOR IN 1864
HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
LINCOLN AND THE SLEEPING SENTINEL By Lucius E. Chittenden RECOLLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION By Lucius E. Chittenden HOW WE ELECTED LINCOLN. By A. J. Dittenhoefer THE TOY SHOP. By Margarita Spalding Gerry ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Charles C. Coffin REMINISCENCES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN By Allen Thorndike Rice LINCOLN’S OWN STORIES. By Anthony Gross
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
How We Elected Lincoln
Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published September, 1916
This book offers my personal recollections of the immortal Emancipator, and of the memorable campaigns of 1860 and 1864, in which, as a young man, I was actively engaged.
In looking back upon a life of fourscore years I find no prouder memories than those of the years 1860-65. They illumined my being, and my life became inspired through association with the immortal Abraham Lincoln and the great men of the anti-slavery conflict.
I am unwilling to allow these reminiscences to go forth without giving credit to my old friend Julius Chambers, for the valuable assistance he rendered in compiling them.
Abram J. Dittenhoefer