Lincoln and Civil War research is FUN!

[L Verge]

Read this for a different take on Lincoln's reasons for allowing the Civil War (assuming he had any control):

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/26/we_have_...tivations/

[RJNorton]

That is an interesting article!

I was unable to get Laurie's link to work. However, I found if I copy and pasted the link she posted into Google then I could get to the article by clicking on the Google listing.

[L Verge]

I'm getting the same 404 Error on my home computer now. However, on the page that reports the error, there is a listing of suggested readings to the right. The article is listed there, and when I click on it, I get the original article. Ah, the wonders of technology -- as in wonder why it works sometimes and doesn't work other times...

[maharba]

In a nutshell, what does that different take at that Salon site say? I can't read it or bring it up at all.

[RJNorton]

(12-29-2015 02:19 PM)maharba Wrote:  In a nutshell, what does that different take at that Salon site say? I can't read it or bring it up at all.

That article is from the Introduction to the book A Just and Generous Nation: Abraham Lincoln and the Fight for American Opportunity by Harold Holzer and Norton Garfinkle.

You can read this online here.

[Eva Elisabeth]

(12-29-2015 02:19 PM)maharba Wrote:  In a nutshell, what does that different take at that Salon site say? I can't read it or bring it up at all.

This is the title/headline of the article:

"We have Lincoln wrong: Our greatest Lincoln historian explains his real Civil War motivations"

If you copy+paste this title into Google it will show up as #1.

[maharba]

If you copy+paste this title into Google it will show up as #1. >

Thanks, Eva. That method worked like a charm!