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Title: A Lincoln Conscript

Author: Homer Greene

Illustrator: Thure de Thulstrup

Release date: August 11, 2015 [eBook #49677]
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Language: English

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A LINCOLN CONSCRIPT

“MY BOY, OF SUCH STUFF ARE PATRIOTS AND HEROES MADE.”

A LINCOLN
CONSCRIPT

BY HOMER GREENE

ILLUSTRATED BY T. DE THULSTRUP

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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK : THE
RIVERSIDE PRESS, CAMBRIDGE
1909

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY HOMER GREENE

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published April 1909

CONTENTS

I.	“The Sins of the Fathers”	1
II.	News from Gettysburg	27
III.	A Lover of Lincoln	52
IV.	The Drafted Copperhead	77
V.	An Unexpected Breakfast	100
VI.	A Desperate Decision	122
VII.	Off to the War	143
VIII.	A Letter from the Front	166
IX.	With Abraham Lincoln	191
X.	Fighting for the Flag	215
XI.	The Great Tragedy	238
XII.	The Welcome Home	260

ILLUSTRATIONS

“My boy, of such stuff are patriots and heroes made” (page 244)	Frontispiece
“I’m no traitor”	12
“This isn’t fair play”	54
“I’ve discovered a way to get rid of these men”	108
“Well, what’s your case?”	154
Lincoln laid his hand on Bannister’s knee	202
“Father, what does it mean?”	218
He faced his fellow townsmen	274