How we elected Lincoln

Chapter 3: PREFACE

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A first-person account by a campaigner and later elector who recalls personal encounters with Abraham Lincoln and participation in his presidential campaigns. The memoir describes Lincoln's character and public reception in the East, the processes that produced his nominations and elections, the author's journey to the capital, campaign anecdotes, episodes from the wartime administration, and the renomination and 1864 contest. It combines reminiscence, political observation, and recollections of campaign organization and personalities.

PREFACE

This book offers my personal recollections of the immortal Emancipator, and of the memorable campaigns of 1860 and 1864, in which, as a young man, I was actively engaged.

In looking back upon a life of fourscore years I find no prouder memories than those of the years 1860-65. They illumined my being, and my life became inspired through association with the immortal Abraham Lincoln and the great men of the anti-slavery conflict.

I am unwilling to allow these reminiscences to go forth without giving credit to my old friend Julius Chambers, for the valuable assistance he rendered in compiling them.

Abram J. Dittenhoefer