Lincoln Movie - Your Reviews

[Mark MacKenzie]

Laurie, wasn't the Chase issue about things Chase had said "off the record" that found the way into the press. He criticized Lincoln and just about everyone else in the "informal" and do nothing cabinet. Then Lincoln, expertly, brought them all together and asked Chase directly if he believed these things and he disavowed his own words. Chase made to look like he was disloyal to Lincoln's re-election in favor of his election. The secretaries said Lincoln, himself, thought he handled it expertly. I just read about it in David Donald's book.

Lincolnman, are you referring to the scene where Lincoln comes to the secretaries' bedside? He was John Hay asks what time it was? Thats a very poignant scene where I think Lincoln ponders the death of all those 16 year olds, maybe also Willie.