Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Era

History 353 Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War Era TTh 12:30 to 1:50, Wyatt 311 Spring 2011

William Breitenbach Office: Wyatt 141 Office phone: 879-3167 Office hours: E-mail: [email protected] MWF 10-11; TTh 9-10 Web: http://www.pugetsound.edu/faculty-sites/bill-breitenbach/ and by appointment

This course focuses on the life of Abraham Lincoln as a way to study the Civil War era in the United States. Accordingly, the course is both biographical and topical in its approach. It will be organized chronologically, following the story of Lincoln’s life, with particular topics receiving attention at appropriate places within the broadly biographical structure. Although some assignments will be drawn from Lincoln’s speeches and writings, most of the reading will be in secondary sources. We will sample several of the best recent biographies and scholarly studies of Lincoln. You will have an opportunity to join the scholarly conversation by participating in class discussions and by writing papers and exams about important topics in Lincoln historiography.

Here are the course objectives:  to gain a deeper knowledge of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era  to better understand the history of slavery, emancipation, and race relations in 19th- century America  to learn about biography as a genre of history and to reflect upon the influence or lack of influence that a single individual can have in shaping historical events  to acquire expertise in a subject with a rich historiography so as to become more skilled in evaluating conflicting scholarly interpretations  to improve skills of oral expression and argument by participating in class discussions  to improve skills of historical research, analysis, and writing by completing papers and essay examinations on topics related to Lincoln’s life.

READINGS The following required books can be purchased at the University Bookstore. They are also available on reserve at Collins Library. William E. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America: A Biography (Oxford U Pr, 2002 pb). Those who want a longer, more detailed biography may substitute David Herbert Donald, Lincoln (Simon & Schuster, 1995) William E. Gienapp, ed., This Fiery Trial: The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Oxford U Pr., 2002 pb) Eric Foner, ed., Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (Norton, 2009 pb) Kenneth J. Winkle, The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln (Taylor Trade Pub., 2001) Eric Foner, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (Norton, 2010) History 353 Spring 2011

Readings marked with “[M]” can be found online at the Moodle website for History 353.

OTHER RESOURCES According to Eric Foner, more words have been written about Lincoln than about anyone but Jesus (Our Lincoln, 11). Not all of those words have been sensible ones. Accordingly, you will need to exercise critical judgment about the quality of your sources when you write your papers. Do not rely on Google! Instead, begin by looking at the footnotes and bibliographical essays found in the books that have been assigned for the course. There you will find the primary and secondary sources that expert historians relied on when they wrote their highly regarded books. Generally speaking, books that have made it into the collections of Collins Library and the other SUMMIT libraries are sound academic works. There are many shelves of good Lincoln books in the E 457 section of our library. They have been left there for you to explore and sign out, but I want to direct your attention to a few of the most important titles:

Reference works and primary sources: Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 9 vols. (1953-55), also online Abraham Lincoln, Speeches and Writings, ed. Don E. Fehrenbacher, 2 vols. (1989) Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia (1982), in the Reference stacks Earl Schenck Miers, ed., Lincoln Day by Day: A Chronology, 1809-1865, 3 vols. (1960) Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher, eds., Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln (1996) Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis, eds., Herndon’s Informants: Letters, Interviews and Statements about Abraham Lincoln (1998)

Biographies (in chronological order): Benjamin P. Thomas, Abraham Lincoln: A Biography (1952) Stephen B. Oates, With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1977) Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America (1993) David Herbert Donald, Lincoln (1995), on library reserve Allen C. Guelzo, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President (1999) William Lee Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography (2002) and President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman (2008) Richard J. Carwardine, Lincoln (2003) Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (2005) Ronald C. White, Jr., A. Lincoln: A Biography (2009) Michael Burlingame, Abraham Lincoln: A Life, 2 vols. (2009)

Videos (in chronological order): Lincoln (Kunhardt Productions, Time-Life Video, 1992), 4 videotapes covering 1860-65 Looking for Lincoln (PBS, 2009), DVD, written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., on library reserve

Websites: The History “Research Gateway” on the Collins Library website can direct you to reliable electronic databases. For example, you can use the America: History and Life database to identify relevant scholarly articles and reviews, which can then be read in electronic form (on JSTOR, Project Muse, or Academic Search Premier) or in hard copy. Use the “Journal Locator” link in SIMON to find out if a journal is available at Collins in electronic or print format.

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In addition to Collins Library databases, I recommend the following websites. Most have links to other reliable online resources, which can also be used with confidence. Consult me or a reference librarian before using any online sources that you did not discover through links on these recommended sites or through links on the Collins Library Research Gateway.

http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/projects/lincoln/ This is a companion website for “Abraham Lincoln at 200: History and Historiography,” a special issue of the Journal of American History 96 (Sept. 2009) celebrating the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth: The site has all of the articles from the issue, including a fine historiographical essay by Matthew Pinsker entitled “Lincoln Theme 2.0.” When you go to the website, click on “Digital Lincoln” to find, among other things, links to Lincoln sites on the Web and a searchable bibliography of the more than 200 Lincoln books published since 1995. This is a great site! http://www.gilderlehrman.org/ This is the website of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which focuses on the history of antislavery and slavery in America. The website has an abundance of wonderful material on Lincoln and the Civil War, including video and audio podcasts by many of the historians we will be reading. Use the drop-down menu under “History By Era” to find links to materials on Lincoln and the Civil War Era. http://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/ This is the website of the Abraham Lincoln Association. On it, you can do keyword searches in the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. The “Lincoln Log” link gives a day-by-day chronology of Lincoln’s life, with links to pertinent documents. There is also an up-to-date “Bibliography” of books, articles, and reviews. The Abraham Lincoln Association publishes the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association, which can be accessed through a link on this website. http://www.lincoln-institute.org/index.html This is the website of the Abraham Lincoln Institute, which is an organization that bills itself as presenting the latest scholarship on Lincoln. The Institute sponsors annual symposia with presentations by the most prominent Lincoln scholars (many of whom we will be reading). Since 2005 the presentations at the symposia have been made available as podcasts, which can be accessed through the website. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html This is the website for the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. Here you can do keyword searches or browse the Abraham Lincoln Papers (unlike the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, the Papers are mostly incoming letters to Lincoln). This website also has a “Selected Bibliography” (current to the year 2000) and a list of “Related Resources” with links to sources in Library of Congress collections and to relevant external websites. http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu This is the website for the Abraham Lincoln Digitization Project, which includes many documents, songs, and images from Lincoln’s years in Illinois (1831- 1860). Materials are organized into eight thematic sections and Lincoln’s biography, with background essays, bibliographies, and video discussions by noted historians. http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cwi/ This is the website for the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, which awards the Lincoln Prize. Click on “Resources” for links to “Recommended Literature” (a bibliography about the battle of Gettysburg) and to “Related Links” (many recommended websites on Lincoln, the Civil War, and Gettysburg).

PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS Class participation This will be a discussion class. Discussions work well if everyone shows up for every class on time with the reading assignment finished (completely read, carefully thought about, notes taken), with questions to ask and ideas to venture, and with books and notes to refer to when

3 History 353 Spring 2011 talking about those ideas. Come to class ready to talk. In this course it is better to say something rash, foolish, or wrong than to say nothing at all. Most days there will be about 75 to 100 pages of reading assigned, usually drawn from three or more sources. I recommend that you try to compress your notes for each source so as to fit on one index card. Doing this will force you to identify the essence of each author’s argument. For additional advice on how to be efficient in reading and note-taking, see the following documents on my webpage: “How to take reading notes,” How to read a secondary source,” and “How to do the reading in historiographical courses.” Your regular, informed participation will be important in determining both the success of the course and the grade you receive in it. After every class I’ll evaluate your contribution to other students’ learning. These daily scores will be used to calculate a participation grade, which will count for 20% of the course grade. Students who miss too many classes will be dropped from the course. For more details, see the handout on attendance, participation, and classroom conduct.

Papers and examinations. There are four major writing assignments in this course:  a 30-minute essay examination given during class on Tuesday, February 8.  a 5-page paper analyzing a speech by Lincoln given during the period from the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act at the end of May 1854 through his tour of New England in March 1860. It is due at my office (Wyatt 141) by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4.  a 30-minute essay examination given during class on Tuesday, April 5.  a 12-to-15-page paper on a topic of your choice arising from Lincoln’s presidential years (November 1860 to April 1865). This paper, which substitutes for a final exam, will require some independent research beyond the assigned course readings. It is due at my office (Wyatt 141) by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 10.

Writing help The Center for Writing and Learning is located in Howarth 109. Its mission is to help all writers, whatever their level of ability, become better writers. To make an appointment with a writing advisor, call 879-3404, email [email protected], or drop by Howarth 109. Harvard University’s Writing Center has a website with useful advice on writing academic essays: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/. Click on “Writing Resources.” You’ll find links to a “Brief Guide to Writing the History Paper” and eighteen helpful “Strategies for Essay Writing.” Historians use the Chicago Manual citation style. If you are not familiar with it, see Diana Hacker’s “Research and Documentation Online,” at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/. Click on the “History” for instructions, citation examples, and a sample history paper.

Late work and missing work Normally I do not grant extensions or “Incomplete” grades, except for weighty reasons like a family emergency or a serious illness. If you are facing circumstances beyond your control that might prevent you from finishing a paper or taking an exam on time, talk to me early about the possibility of getting an extension. Provide written documentation supporting your request from a medical professional; the Counseling, Health, and Wellness Services; the Academic Advising Office; or the Dean of Students Office. Late papers should be slipped under my office door at Wyatt 141. If Wyatt is locked, you may send me the paper by email in order to stop the penalty clock, but you must subsequently give me an unaltered hard copy. Late papers not granted extensions will be marked down one- third of a letter grade for each day they are late (including Saturday and Sunday), with days measured on a 24-hour clock beginning at the original deadline. For example, a B paper would

4 History 353 Spring 2011 get a B- if submitted during the first 24 hours after the deadline. No paper or exam will be accepted after 5:00 p.m. on Friday of final examination week. To pass the course, a student must complete all papers and exams.

Grading Grade ranges are: A (93-100), A- (90-92), B+ (87-89), B (83-86), B- (80-82), C+ (77-79), C (73-76), C- (70-72), D+ (67-69), D (63-66), D- (60-62), and F (below 60). I will round up to a higher letter grade when the numerical score is within 0.2 points of the cut-off (e.g., 89.8 to A-). Graded work will be weighted as follows: class participation 20%; first in-class exam 12.5%, first paper 20%; second in-class exam 12.5%, and second paper 35%.

Other policies Students who want to withdraw from the course should read the rules for withdrawal grades in the Academic Handbook (link provided below). Monday, February 28, is the last day to drop with an automatic W; thereafter it is much harder to avoid a WF. Students who are dropped for excessive absences or who abandon the course without officially withdrawing will receive a WF. Students who cheat or plagiarize, help others cheat or plagiarize, mark or steal library materials, or otherwise violate the university’s standards of academic integrity will be given an F for the course and will be reported to the Registrar. Before turning in your first paper, read the discussion of academic integrity in the Academic Handbook (link provided below). Ignorance of the concept or consequences of plagiarism will not be accepted as an excuse. In matters not covered by this syllabus, I follow the policies set down in the current Academic Handbook, which is available online at http://www.pugetsound.edu/student- life/student-resources/student-handbook/academic-handbook/.

CLASS SCHEDULE

Reading assignments are to be completed before the class meeting for which they are listed. Bring to class the assigned books, print-outs of online assignments, your reading notes, and this syllabus.

Unit 1: Lincoln’s Youth to 1837

1. Tues., Jan. 18: Introduction to the Course In-class writing: what you know and what you think about Lincoln In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories” (History Channel, 1998), approx. 23 mins.

2. Thur., Jan. 20: Some Current Views of Lincoln History 353 syllabus (This is your agreement with me. Read it!) Time, 4 July 2005, special issue on “Uncovering the Real Abe Lincoln” [M]. Read the cover story, “The True Lincoln” by Joshua Wolf Shenk, “Life behind the Legend,” and “The Master of the Game” by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Joshua Wolf Shenk, “Lincoln’s Great Depression,” Atlantic Monthly, Oct. 2005, 52-68 [M] Dinitia Smith, “Finding Homosexual Threads in Lincoln’s Legend,” New York Times, 16 Dec. 2004, E1 [M] Matthew Pinsker, “Lincoln Theme 2.0,” Journal of American History 96 (Sept. 2009): 417- 40, http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/projects/lincoln/contents/pinsker.html [M] Foner, Our Lincoln, “Preface,” 11-14 Foner, Fiery Trial, “Preface,” xv-xxi

If you have time, browse one or more of the websites listed on p. 3 of the syllabus. Optional: For an overview of Lincoln’s life, see John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, s.v. “Lincoln, Abraham,” by James M. McPherson [M]

3. Tues., Jan. 25: The Youthful Lincoln, 1809-31 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, ix-11 (or Donald, Lincoln, 13-37) Winkle, Young Eagle, ix-30, 37m-41 Gienapp, Fiery Trial, xv-3 Douglas L. Wilson, “Young Man Lincoln,” in The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon, ed. Gabor Boritt, 20-35 [M] Richard S. Taylor, “Telling Lincoln’s Story,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 21 (Summer 2000): 44-68 [M]

4. Thur., Jan. 27: New Salem, 1831-37 In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories,” approx. 10 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 11-23 (or Donald, Lincoln, 38-65) Winkle, Young Eagle, 42-85, 90m-101b, 105-06, 110b-20 Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 5-8 Foner, Fiery Trial, 3-14

5. Tues., Feb. 1: Preparation for Success Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 25-33 (or Donald, Lincoln, 66-83) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 9-13, 24-25 Winkle, Young Eagle, 121-48, 156-72, 176m-85 Douglas L. Wilson, Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln, chap. 10, “Transitions and Transformations,” 293-317b [M] Foner, Fiery Trial, 14-32

Unit 2: The Whig from Springfield, 1837-53

6. Thur., Feb. 3: Courtship and Marriage, 1837-46 In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories,” approx. 12 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 34-37, 45b-47t (or Donald, Lincoln, 83-109) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 15-16, 20-22 Winkle, Young Eagle, 149-55, 205-30, 277b-88 Douglas L. Wilson, Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln (1998) chap. 10, “Transitions and Transformations,” 317b-23 [M] Jean H. Baker, “Mary and Abraham: A Marriage,” in The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon, ed. Gabor Boritt (2001), 36-55 [M] Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr., “Truly, Madly, Deeply,” New York Times, 20 Feb. 2006 [M]

7. Tues., Feb. 8: Lincoln and the Whigs. 30-minute essay exam in class Winkle, Young Eagle, 186-204 Foner, Fiery Trial, 33-41 Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 8-14, 27-28 Lincoln, “Address to the Springfield Washington Temperance Society” (1842) [M] Joel H. Silbey, “‘Always a Whig in Politics’: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 8 (1986) [M]

Daniel Walker Howe, “Why Abraham Lincoln Was a Whig,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 16 (Winter 1995) [M] William Lee Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues: An Ethical Biography (2002), 92-115 [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Sean Wilentz, “Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy,” 62-70t

8. Thur., Feb. 10: Congressman Lincoln, 1846-49 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 37-40 (or Donald, Lincoln, 109-41) Winkle, Young Eagle, 231-48 Foner, Fiery Trial, 51-62 William Lee Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, 175m-83t, 192-97m, 222b-26m [M] Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 16-20 Lincoln, “Speech in U.S. House of Representatives on the War with Mexico” (1848) [M]

Thursday, February 10: Lincoln Birthday Bash. A screening of “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” (1940; dir. John Cromwell; starring Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon). Cake and drinks will be provided. Time and place to be announced.

9. Tues., Feb. 15: Illinois Lawyer, 1849-54 In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories,” approx. 5 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 40-48 (or Donald, Lincoln, 142-67) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 22-24 Winkle, Young Eagle, 249-68, 277b-88 Foner, Fiery Trial, 41-51

Unit 3: Antislavery Politics, 1854-60

10. Thur., Feb. 17: The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Slavery Politics, 1854-56 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 49-57 (or Donald, Lincoln, 167-95) Winkle, Young Eagle, 289-97 Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 28-39 Foner, Fiery Trial, 63-91 Foner, Our Lincoln: Richard Carwardine, “Lincoln’s Religion,” 232-37 Robert W. Johannsen, Lincoln, the South, and Slavery, 22b-48 [M] William Lee Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, 282m-88b [M]

11. Tues., Feb. 22: A House Divided, 1857-58 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 57-61b (or Donald, Lincoln, 196-209) Winkle, Young Eagle, 298-301b Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 39-52 Foner, Fiery Trial, 92-104m Don E. Fehrenbacher, “The Origins and Purpose of Lincoln’s ‘House-Divided Speech, Mississippi Valley Historical Review 46 (Mar. 1960): 615-43; JSTOR stable URL http://www.jstor.org/stable/1886280 [M] Robert W. Johannsen, Lincoln, the South, and Slavery, 56t-64b [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Sean Wilentz, “Abraham Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy,” 70-79

12. Thur., Feb. 24: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858 In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories,” approx. 6 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 62-66 (or Donald, Lincoln, 209-29) Winkle, Young Eagle, 302t-303t Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 52-68

Foner, Fiery Trial, 104m-31 Robert W. Johannsen, Lincoln, the South, and Slavery, 65-68 [M] Optional: If you have 34 minutes, you can watch a video of Allen C. Guelzo lecturing on the debates: http://www.lincoln-institute.org/symposia/sym2008/videos/guelzo.htm [M]

13. Tues., Mar. 1: Winning the Presidency, 1859-60 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 66-71 (or Donald, Lincoln, 230-56) Winkle, Young Eagle, 303-15 Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 68-84 Foner, Fiery Trial, 132-44b Foner, Our Lincoln: Harold Holzer, “Visualizing Lincoln,” 80-87 only Phillip Shaw Paludan, The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1994), 3-20 [M]

Unit 4: Secession and Civil War, 1860-62

14. Thur., Mar. 3: The New President Tested, November 1860 to July 1861 In-class video: “Looking for Lincoln” (PBS, 2009), approx. 4 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 72-86m (or Donald, Lincoln, 257-305b) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 85-107 Foner, Fiery Trial, 144b-165 Phillip Shaw Paludan, The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (1994), 24t-30b [M] James Oakes, “What’s So Special about a Team of Rivals?” New York Times, 20 Nov. 2008 [M]

5-page paper: due by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4, at my office, Wyatt 141

15. Tues., Mar. 8: Limited War, July to December 1861 In-class video: The Civil War (dir. Ken Burns, PBS, 1989), approx. 10 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 86m-98 (or Donald, Lincoln, 306t-27) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 107-15 Foner, Fiery Trial, 166-89t Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, 54-59 (cloth ed.) [M]

16. Thur., Mar. 10: Generals and Radicals, January to June 1862 In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories,” approx 4 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 99-108 (or Donald, Lincoln, 328-58) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 115-25 Foner, Fiery Trial, 189-205

Spring Break: March 14 through 18

17. Tues., Mar. 22: Lincoln as War President and Commander in Chief Foner, Our Lincoln: James M. McPherson, “A. Lincoln, Commander in Chief,” 19-36 Don E. Fehrenbacher, “Lincoln’s Wartime Leadership: The First Hundred Days,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 9 (1987): 1-18 [M] T. Harry Williams, “Lincoln, the Military Strategist,” in Abraham Lincoln: A New Portrait, ed. Henry B. Kranz, 83-90 [M] Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones, “Lincoln as Military Strategist,” Civil War History 26 (Dec. 1980): 293-303 [M]

Gerald J. Prokopowicz, “Military Fantasies,” in The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon, ed. Gabor Boritt, 56-71 [M] David Herbert Donald, “Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis as Commanders in Chief,” in The Lincoln Enigma, ed. Gabor Boritt, 72-85 [M] James M. McPherson, “Lincoln and the Strategy of Unconditional Surrender,” in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, 65-91 [M]

18. Thur., Mar. 24: The Decision for Emancipation, June to September 1862 In-class video: “Looking for Lincoln,” approx. 10 mins Gienapp, 109-17 (or Donald, Lincoln, 358-76) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 125-37 Foner, Fiery Trial, 206-34b Phillip Shaw Paludan, The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, xiii-xvii [M] Optional: If you have the time and interest, you might listen to Allen C. Guelzo, “The Emancipation Proclamation” (Gilder Lehrman Institute, 2004; 40 mins.) http://www.gilderlehrman.org/historians/podcasts/podcast.php?podcast_id=20 [M]

19. Tues., Mar. 29: Emancipation, September 1862 to January 1863 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 117-25 (or Donald, Lincoln, 377-408) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 137-54 Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, 157-69 (cloth ed.) [M] Foner, Fiery Trial, 234b-47 Guelzo, “Lincoln and the Abolitionists,” Wilson Quarterly 24 (autumn 2000): 58-71, in Academic Search Premier, http://ezproxy.ups.edu/login? url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=aph&AN=3695320&site=ehost-live&scope=site [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Manisha Sinha, “Allies for Emancipation?: Lincoln and Black Abolitionists,” 167-88

20. Thur., Mar. 31: Lincoln and Black Freedom In-class video: “Looking for Lincoln,” approx. 5 mins. Lerone Bennett, Jr., “Was Abe Lincoln a White Supremacist?” Ebony, Feb. 1968 [M] William Lee Miller, Lincoln’s Virtues, 353-61 [M] LaWanda Cox, Lincoln and Black Freedom, 3-7, 10b-11 [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: James Oakes, “Natural Rights, Citizenship Rights, States’ Rights, and Black Rights: Another Look at Lincoln and Race,” 109-34 Dorothy Ross, “Lincoln and the Ethics of Emancipation: Universalism, Nationalism, Exceptionalism,” Journal of American History 96 (Sept. 2009): 379-99, available in History Cooperative, http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/96.2/ross.html [M]

21. Tues., Apr. 5: Lincoln and Black Equality 30-minute essay exam in class LaWanda Cox, Lincoln and Black Freedom, 20-23, 35-36t [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Foner, “Lincoln and Colonization,” 135-66 Foner, Our Lincoln: Manisha Sinha, “Allies for Emancipation?: Lincoln and Black Abolitionists,” 188-96 In preparation for the exam, read as many of these as you want: Don E. Fehrenbacher, “Only His Stepchildren: Lincoln and the Negro,” Civil War History 20 (Dec. 1974): 293-310 [M] George M. Fredrickson, “A Man but Not a Brother: Abraham Lincoln and Racial Equality,” Journal of Southern History 41 (Feb. 1975): 39-58 [M]

Michael Vorenberg, "Abraham Lincoln and the Politics of Black Colonization," Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 14 (Summer 1993): 23-45 [M] Gabor Boritt, “Did He Dream of a Lily-White America? The Voyage to Linconia,” in The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon, ed. Boritt, 1-19 [M] Phillip Shaw Paludan, “Lincoln and Colonization: Policy or Propaganda?” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 25 (Winter 2004): 23-37 [M]

Unit 5: The Hard Hand of War, January 1863 to April 1865

22. Thur., Apr. 7: Dissent and Civil Liberties, January to June 1863 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 126-35 (or Donald, Lincoln, 408-44) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 154-65 Foner, Fiery Trial, 248-65t Mark E. Neely, Jr., The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties, xi-xiii, 223-24, 232-35 [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Neely, “The Constitution and Civil Liberties under Lincoln,” 45m-52m, 59m-61 Paul Finkelman, “Civil Liberties and Civil War: The Great Emancipator as Civil Libertarian,” Michigan Law Review 91 (May 1993): 1377-81 only [M] Daniel Farber, Lincoln’s Constitution, 144-46, 157-75, 196-200 [M] James M. McPherson, “Lincoln and Liberty,” in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, 43-48b, 56b-64 [M]

23. Tues., Apr. 12: A New Birth of Freedom, June to November 1863 In-class video: Glory (dir. Edward Zwick, 1989), approx. 15 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 135-50 (or Donald, Lincoln, 444-66) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 165-84 Foner, Fiery Trial, 265t-71t Garry Wills, “The Words that Remade America: Lincoln at Gettysburg,” Atlantic Monthly, June 1992, 57-79 [M]

24. Thur., Apr. 14: Reconstruction and Renomination, December 1863 to July 1864 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 151-67m (or Donald, Lincoln, 467-516) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 182-83, 185-200 Foner, Fiery Trial, 271t-302

25. Tues., Apr. 19: Reelection, July 1864 to January 1865 Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 167m-181 (or Donald, Lincoln, 517-54) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 201-217m Foner, Fiery Trial, 302-14b

26. Thur., Apr. 21: The Final Months, January to April 1865 In-class video: “Looking for Lincoln,” approx. 3 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 181-200t (or Donald, Lincoln, 555-92) Gienapp, Fiery Trial, 217m-27 Foner, Fiery Trial, 315t-33 William C. Harris, “Toward Appomattox, Toward Unconditional Surrender?” in The Lincoln Enigma, ed. Gabor Boritt, 108-29 [M] Garry Wills, “Lincoln’s Greatest Speech?” Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1999, 60-70 [M]

27. Tues., Apr. 26: Assassination and Apotheosis In-class video: “Lincoln: The Untold Stories,” approx. 5 mins. Gienapp, Abraham Lincoln, 200t-203 (or Donald, Lincoln, 592-99) Richard N. Current, “The Martyr and the Myth,” in The Lincoln Nobody Knows (1958), 272-287 [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Richard Carwardine, “Lincoln’s Religion,” 223-32, 237-48 Merrill D. Peterson, Lincoln in American Memory, chap. 1, “Apotheosis,” 3-35 [M] Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” [M]

Unit 6: The Legacies of Lincoln, 1865 to the Present

28. Thur., Apr. 28: What If? Reconstructions, Real and Imagined Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, 235b-44b (cloth ed.) [M] Richard N. Current, “The Martyr and the Myth,” in The Lincoln Nobody Knows, 266-72 [M] Foner, Fiery Trial, 333-36 LaWanda Cox, Lincoln and Black Freedom, chap. 5, “Reflections on the Limits of the Possible,” 142-55m, 171b-73b [M] Phillip Shaw Paludan, Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, 306m-311 [M] William C. Harris, With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union, “Epilogue,” 265-70t, 274-75 [M]

29. Tues., May 3: Lincoln’s Legacies In-class video: “Looking for Lincoln,” approx. 12 mins. Phillip Shaw Paludan, Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, 315-19 [M] James M. McPherson, “Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, 37-42 [M] Daniel Walker Howe, The Political Culture of the American Whigs, 297-98 [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: Andrew Delbanco, “Lincoln’s Sacramental Language,” 214-22 Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, 245-50 (cloth ed.) [M] Foner, Our Lincoln: David W. Blight, “The Theft of Lincoln in Scholarship, Politics, and Public Memory,” 269-82 Allen C. Guelzo, “The Missing Lincoln: Remarks on the Acceptance of the Lincoln Prize” (2000) [M] Bring in an item you found during the semester that reveals an interesting contemporary appropriation or misappropriation of Lincoln.

A 12-to-15-page paper is due at Wyatt 141 by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 10.