An edition of When the bells tolled for Lincoln (1997)

When the bells tolled for Lincoln

Southern reaction to the assassination

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An edition of When the bells tolled for Lincoln (1997)

When the bells tolled for Lincoln

Southern reaction to the assassination

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In the morning hours of 15 April 1865, tolling bells in Washington declared the devastating news of Lincoln's death. For the first time in the nation's history a president had been assassinated. As news of the assassination reached the conquered South, church bells in the former Confederacy joined in the pealing. From the President's election through the end of the Civil War, Southerners had blamed Lincoln for their misfortune and ultimate downfall.

Yet in the days after the assassination, Confederates gladdened by Lincoln's death feared Northern reprisals and dared not express their feelings openly. As word spread across the South, however, many ex-Confederates turned to their diaries and journals, where they poured out their fears and wrath with impunity and without restraint.

After more than four years researching and writing, Carolyn L. Harrell has produced a unique and fascinating analysis of Southerners' reactions to the death of Abraham Lincoln.

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Language
English
Pages
136

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-129) and index.

Published in
Macon, Ga

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/092
Library of Congress
E457.5 .H27 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 136 p. :
Number of pages
136

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL690044M
ISBN 10
0865545650, 0865545871
LCCN
97037122
OCLC/WorldCat
37567303
Library Thing
1896865
Goodreads
2954087
4091937

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