2015 Lincoln Prize awarded

[STS Lincolnite]

Harold Holzer has been named as the winner of the 2015 Lincoln Prize for his most recent book Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion.

https://www.gettysburg.edu/lincolnprize/

[Linda Anderson]

Fellow forum member James B. Conroy was a finalist for Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865.

[L Verge]

Congratulations. What an honor.

[LincolnToddFan]

Wonderful....congrats to Mr. Conroy!

[LincolnMan]

Great job gentlemen!

[HerbS]

Outstanding job!

[Gene C]

Huzzah!

[Linda Anderson]

Mr. Conroy wrote an article for the New York Times Disunion series titled, "Lincoln’s Failed Peace Process."

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/201...e-process/

[LincolnToddFan]

Fascinating. Frank Blair's "peace" plan...bringing an end to the war between North and South by involving both sides in a bogus war in Mexico was brilliantly insane.

Thanks Linda!