Inside Lincoln's White House : the complete Civil War diary of John Hay / edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger.
Material type: TextPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, �1999, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585106584
- 9780585106588
- 9780809322626
- 0809322625
- 9780809383108
- 0809383101
- 9780809320998
- 0809320991
- Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Diaries
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates
- Hay, John, 1838-1905
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Statesmen -- United States -- Diaries
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- HISTORY
- Friendship
- Statesmen
- United States
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- 1861-1865
- 973.7/092 21
- E664.H41 A3 1999eb
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 couch�e.
Print version record.
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Editors' Introduction -- 1. 1861 -- 2. 1862 -- 3. 1863 -- 4. 1864 -- Appendix: Speech to the Citizents of Florida -- Notes -- Index -- Author Bio -- Back Cover.
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