"Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition From the Civil War to the Present"

[Eva Elisabeth]

(05-06-2014 01:30 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Personally, I am more interested in Lincoln's reaction to the just and unjust criticism he received, and the impact it had on him and the politics of his day.

Me, too. Grant writes in his memoirs: "He [A. Lincoln] always showed a generous and kindly spirit toward the Southern people, and I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to the heart; but never in my presence did he evince a revengeful disposition."