Inside Lincoln's White House: the complete Civil War diary of John Hay
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Main Author: Hay, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press ©1999, ©1997
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-369) and index
On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that ""some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing within forty eight hours that would ring through the world.""The women feared that the Virginian planned either to assassinate or to capture the president. Calling this a ""harrowing communication, "" Hay continued his entry: ""They went away and I went to the bedside of the Chief couché
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (416 pages)
ISBN:0585106584
0809320991
0809322625
9780585106588
9780809322626

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