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Every drop of blood : the momentous second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
- Title
- Every drop of blood : the momentous second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln / Edward Achorn.
- Author
- Achorn, Edward
- Publication
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xxxvi, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. That day, after a morning of rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington's Capitol grounds to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term. As the sun emerged, Lincoln rose to give perhaps the greatest inaugural address in American history, stunning the nation by arguing, in a brief 701 words, that both sides had been wrong, and that the war's unimaginable horrors-every drop of blood spilled-might well have been God's just verdict on the national sin of slavery. Edward Achorn reveals the nation's capital on that momentous day-with its mud, sewage, and saloons, its prostitutes, spies, reporters, social-climbing spouses, and power-hungry politicians-as a microcosm of all the opposing forces that had driven the country apart. Achorn weaves together the stories of the host of characters, unknown and famous, that had converged on Washington-from grievously wounded Union colonel Selden Connor in a Washington hospital, embarrassingly drunk new vice president Andrew Johnson, and poet-journalist Walt Whitman, to soldiers' advocate Clara Barton, African American leader Frederick Douglass (who called the speech "a sacred effort"), and conflicted actor John Wilkes Booth-all swirling around the complex figure of Lincoln. In indelible scenes, Achorn vividly captures the frenzy in the nation's capital at this crucial moment in America's history and the tension-filled hope and despair afflicting the country as a whole, soon to be heightened by Lincoln's assassination. His story offers new understanding of our great national crisis, and echoes down the decades to resonate in our own time"--
- Alternative Title
- Momentous second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
- Subject
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Inaugurations
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Influence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- 1800-1899
- Inauguration
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Manners and customs
- Politics and government
- Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs > 19th century
- Washington (D.C.) > Politics and government > 19th century
- Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Washington (D.C.)
- Genre/Form
- Creative nonfiction.
- History.
- Note
- Subtitle from pre-publication: Hatred and healing at Lincoln's second inauguration.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index.
- Contents
- Bloody Gashes on the Face of Heaven -- One and a Half Times Bigger -- A Message from Grant -- The Real Precious and Royal Ones -- Meditation on the Divine Will -- Public Sentiment Is Everything -- Indefinable Fascination -- The Blighting Pestilence -- There Was Murder in the Air -- A Future with Hope in It -- Andy Ain't a Drunkard -- An Excellent Chance to Kill the President -- With Malice toward None -- A Truth That Needed to Be Told -- A Sacred Effort -- Epilogue: The Stuff to Carry Them Through.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-5848
- ISBN
- 9780802148742
- 0802148743
- LCCN
- 2019045236
- OCLC
- 1124773828
- Author
- Achorn, Edward, author.
- Title
- Every drop of blood : the momentous second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln / Edward Achorn.
- Publisher
- New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First edition.First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-5848