Defending emancipation: Abraham Lincoln and the Conkling Letter, 1863

Civil War History

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-337

  Guelzo, Allen C ^a  

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EID: 60950180688     PISSN: 00098078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cwh.2002.0056     Document Type: Review

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