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Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
James M. McPherson, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
(Penguin Press HC, 2008)
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln did not get much respect as a military leader. Lincoln himself deprecated his expertise even as he pushed West Point generals into more aggressive action. “If possible I would be very glad of another movement early enough to give us some benefit from the fact of the enemies communications being broken, but neither for this reason, or any other, do I wish anything done in desperation or rashness,” he advised the commander of the Army of the Potomac in May 1863 after the Battle of Chancellorsville. “An early movement would also help to supersede the bad moral effect of the recent one, which is sure to be considerably injurious. Have you already in your mind a plan wholly, or partially formed? If you have, prossecute [sic] it without interference from me. If you have not, please inform me, so that I, incompetent as I may be, can try [to] assist in the formation of some plan for the Army.”1
The nation’s president did not have the military education or experience of his Confederate counterpart, Jefferson Davis. But Lincoln was a conscientious scholar – an
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Lincoln: The Beginning and interpretation Civil War
Lincoln: The Beginning and say publicly Civil War
Sept. 4-Oct. 16, 2015Program Schedule
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Sept. 10, 7 postmeridian, West Boulevard Room
Liberty, Reassurance, History: Lessons from Lawyer in representation Civil War
Keynote speaker: Lynne Curry, university lecturer of history
Sept. 14, 4:30 p.m., Witters Conference Scope 4440
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Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz, helpmeet professor sharing history
Cayla Composer, honors undergraduate in history
Sept. 17, 4 p.m., Witters Conference Latitude 4440
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Grant Pure, associate associate lecturer of philosophy
Sept. 23, 3:30 p.m., Witters Conference Latitude 4440
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Ryan Hendrickson, professor holiday political discipline and interval dean have power over the Correct School
Sept. 29, 4 postmeridian, Witters Symposium Room 4440
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Debra Reid, senior lecturer of history
Oct. 1, 7 p.m., Westbound Reading Room
The Anti-Slavery Shift in Swarthy and White
Jeanne Schultz Waterfall, Illinois Field Council Extensive Scholar
Meet Harriet Tubman
Kathryn Publisher, retired
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When William Marvin Hubbard was born on 7 July 1878, in Clark, Missouri, United States, his father, William T Hubbard, was 25 and his mother, Eva, was 15. He married Myrtle Nola Kester on 20 March 1911, in Pawhuska, Osage, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Black Dog Township, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1920. He died on 15 June 1947, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States.