The Life of Abraham Lincoln for Young People, Told in Words of One Syllable

by Harriet Putnam

McLOUGHLIN BROS. Inc.
New York

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Copyright by
McLOUGHLIN BROTHERS
1905

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

[CHAPTER I.]
THE BABE OF THE LOG CABIN AND HIS KIN	5
[CHAPTER II.]
THE NEW HOME AND THE FIRST GRIEF	13
[CHAPTER III.]
READING BY THE FIRELIGHT; THE NEW MOTHER; THE FIRST DOLLAR	20
[CHAPTER IV.]
THE SLAVE SALE. LINCOLN AS SOLDIER, POSTMASTER, SURVEYOR,AND LAWYER	27
[CHAPTER V.]
LEADER FOR FREEDOM; LAW MAKER	39
[CHAPTER VI.]
LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS	55
[CHAPTER VII.]
THE PEOPLE ASK LINCOLN TO BE THEIR PRESIDENT	63
[CHAPTER VIII.]
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR; THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS	75
[CHAPTER IX.]
EARLY BATTLES OF THE WAR	85
[CHAPTER X.]
GRANT WINS IN THE WEST, AND FARRAGUT AT NEW ORLEANS	94
[CHAPTER XI.]
ANTIETAM, VICKSBURG, GETTYSBURG	105
[CHAPTER XII.]
CHATTANOOGA, CHICKAMAUGA, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. LINCOLN’SGETTYSBURG SPEECH	115
[CHAPTER XIII.]
GRANT IN THE EAST. LINCOLN CHOSEN FOR SECOND TERM	121
[CHAPTER XIV.]
RETURN OF PEACE; LINCOLN SHOT; HIS BURIAL AT SPRINGFIELD	133

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

• [A LOVER OF BOOKS AND STUDY]
• [DANIEL BOONE]
• [CABIN IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS BORN]
• [ON THE WAY TO INDIANA]
• [GOING UP TO THE LOFT]
• [THE YOUNG RAIL-SPLITTER]
• [EARNING THE FIRST DOLLAR]
• [LINCOLN’S HOME IN GENTRYVILLE]
• [THE FLAT-BOAT AND ITS CREW ON THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS]
• [LINCOLN AS CLERK IN OFFUTT’S STORE]
• [CAPTAIN LINCOLN PROTECTING THE OLD INDIAN]
• [ANDREW JACKSON]
• [A KIND DEED]
• [DANIEL WEBSTER]
• [HENRY CLAY]
• [STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS]
• [ON THE STUMP WITH DOUGLAS]
• [THE WIGWAM AT CHICAGO IN WHICH LINCOLN WAS NAMED FOR PRESIDENT]
• [A. LINCOLN]
• [THE LINCOLN HOME IN SPRINGFIELD]
• [JEFFERSON DAVIS]
• [DEFENCES OF WASHINGTON]
• [MARCHING TO BULL RUN]
• [GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT]
• [BATTLE OF BELMONT]
• [THE ATTACK ON FORT DONELSON]
• [THE CHURCH AT SHILOH]
• [THE LAST CHARGE AT SHILOH]
• [SOUTHERN TROOPS LEAVING CORINTH]
• [GUNBOATS ON THE MISSISSIPPI]
• [FIRST CHARGE AT VICKSBURG]
• [ARMY WAGON]
• [AT MISSIONARY RIDGE]
• [A CHARGE ALL ALONG THE LINE]
• [GENERAL GRANT]
• [GENERAL LEE]
• [LINCOLN AND THE BLACK TROOPS]
• [“COME, BOYS, WE’RE GOING BACK!”]
• [SHERMAN’S FORCES LEAVING ATLANTA]
• [ON THE SKIRMISH LINE]
• [WOUNDED SOLDIERS LEAVING THE BATTLE]
• [CHARGE AT FIVE FORKS]
• [SOUTHERN TROOPS RETREATING FROM RICHMOND]
• [UNION CAVALRY IN PURSUIT OF LEE’S ARMY]
• [UNION TROOPS MARCHING INTO RICHMOND]
• [PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SON “TAD”]
• [THE MARCH OF UNION TROOPS IN WASHINGTON]
• [ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS HE LOOKED IN 1865]
• [ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN]