Abraham Lincoln in his Times Chapter 22 Union, Tragedy, and Legacy Part 1

Abraham Lincoln in his Times Chapter 22 Union, Tragedy, and Legacy Part 1

he last six weeks of Lincoln’s life, which brought military victory for the North, saw the president come close to achieving what he had long sought: union on different levels. Bonds within his family tightened. Connections also strengthened between the president and his larger family: those who served in the army and navy. The winding down of the war brought the president far closer to African Americans than he had ever been before. Culturally, Lincoln enjoyed the full range of genres during these weeks, from opera and Shakespeare to sentimental poetry to popular music and satirical humor. Most important, he set the stage for a reunited nation that, as he envisaged it, would include a reconstructed South based on freedom and justice. During the weeks just after the March 4, 1865, inauguration, Lincoln made political appointments for his new administration and watched the military news as it came in from the front. For two days, he was laid up with the flu and held cabinet meetings in …