LIST OF PICTURES

“For the first time he saw negroes being
scourged”		   Frontispiece
“The bullet passed right through his heart”   6
“Sometimes he did sums on the wooden shovel”   14
“His huge arms closed round Armstrong like a
vice”		   24
“Springing to his feet, he poured out what was in
his mind”		   58
Lincoln reading Emancipation Proclamation to his
Cabinet		   94
Lincoln discussing plan of campaign with General
Grant		   104
“Lincoln visited all the divisions of his army in
turns”		   110