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After the heartbreaking death of his son Willie, Abraham Lincoln and his family fled the gloom that hung over the White House, moving into a small cottage in Washington, D.C., on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, a residence for disabled military veterans. In Lincoln's Sanctuary , historian Matthew Pinsker offers a fascinating portrait of Lincoln's stay in this cottage and tells the story of the president's remarkable growth as a national leader and a private man. Lincoln lived at the Soldiers' Home for a quarter of his presidency, and for nearly half of the critical year of 1862, but most Americans (including many scholars) have not heard of the place. Indeed, this is the first volume to specifically connect this early ''summer White House'' to key wartime developments, including the Emancipation Proclamation, the firing of McClellan, the evolution of Lincoln's ''Father Abraham'' image, the election of 1864, and the assassination conspiracy. Through a series of striking vignettes, the reader discovers a more accessible Lincoln, demonstrating what one visitor to the Soldiers' Home described as his remarkable ''elasticity of spirits.'' At his secluded cottage, the president

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Author

Matthew Pinsker

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781280532801

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science

Rating

3.87 / 5 (82 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13