Inside the White House in War TimesC.L. Webster & Company, 1890 - 244 psl. |
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Abraham Lincoln army battle Ben Butler blue flannel boys Cabinet called camp campaign Capitol cavalry cloth coln comes command Confederacy Confederate desk dinner doctor of divinity door duty E. W. Kemble East Room Emancipation Proclamation eral face federacy feel fellow fight Frémont gentleman goes gone Grand hall hand hear hour idea kind land latch-key laugh letters Lincoln listen look Mark Twain McClellan military morning morocco never Nicolay North northeast room octavo octavo volume Old Edward once orders paper party pass patriotic political Potomac President President's room reception Red Room regiment remarkable river seems Senator Seward sitting smile soldiers sort standing Stanton story Sunday surely talk tell thing tion to-day turn Union victory volunteers waiting walk War Office Washington White House White House grounds yonder
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