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Abraham Lincoln and His Battle With His Cabinet
Title: Abraham Lincoln and His Battle With His Cabinet
Category: History / North American History
Details: Words: 643 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Abraham Lincoln and His Battle With His Cabinet
Abraham Lincoln is regarded by many historians as the greatest president ever to stand at America's helm. This reputation is extremely well deserved, as Lincoln was able to preserve the Union and gain victory in the civil war, despite his fighting an uphill battle against his own presidential cabinet. Had he not been struggling against this divided government, President Lincoln could have achieved victory with extreme efficiency and a minimum of wanton bloodshed (Angle 659).
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…showed last 75 words of 643 total…odds, and playing with a deck stacked against him, Lincoln emerges gloriously triumphant. His good acts have been magnified and his opposition overlooked in the passage of time. Even so, Lincoln, against all odds, looms as the greatest of Presidents.
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Works Cited
Angle, Todd. 'Abraham Lincoln.' Collier's Encyclopedia. 1986.
Simmons, Henry E. A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War. New York: The Fairfax Press, 1986.
Williams, T. Harry. Lincoln and His Generals. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1952.
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