The War Dominated Lincoln's Time
And Attention
From
The Start
It Was Clear That Bipartisan Support Would Be Essential
To Success
And That Any Compromise Would Alienate Factions On Both Sides Of
The Aisle
Such As
The Appointment Of Republicans
And Democrats
To Command Positions
Copperheads Criticized Lincoln
For Refusing
To Compromise On Slavery
The Radical Republicans Criticized Him
For Moving Too Slowly
In Abolishing Slavery.:315
331�333
338�339
417 On August 6
1861
Lincoln Signed
The Confiscation Act That Authorized Judicial Proceedings
To Confiscate
And Free Slaves Who Were Used
To Support
The Confederates
In Practice
The Law Had Little Effect
But
It Did Signal Political Support
For Abolishing Slavery.:314:178
. Only four (Baldwin
Gilman
Jenifer
and Alexander Martin) were lifelong bachelors
Many of their spouses
like Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
Sarah Livingston Jay
Dolley Madison
Mary White Morris
and Catherine Alexander Duer were strong women who made significant contributions of their own
to
the fight
for liberty.
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and Spain
Andrew Johnson 1865, Flora of
the Potomac River Basin
Washington Crossing
the Delaware
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