Expertise Quote by David Herbert Donald

“In my first interview with Mr. Lincoln alone he stated to me that he had never professed to be a military man or to…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“Lincoln ... as a volunteer in an Indian war in which he never fired a shot. Yet he checked every major book on war…

— Newt Gingrich

Mr. Lincoln was generous by nature, and though his whole heart was in the war, he could not but respect the valor of those…

— Elizabeth Keckley

Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could…

— Bruce Catton

Abraham Lincoln went through 12 generals before he got Ulysses S. Grant. He had never done a Civil War before.

— Marianne Williamson

Lincoln had internalized the pain of those around him-the wounded soldiers, the captured prisoners, the defeated Southerners. Little wonder that he was overwhelmed at…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I do not think you can fault Abraham Lincoln for picking generals that did not work out, because, as he said to John Hay…

— William Lee Miller

He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for personal growth - more than any other American President.

— Henry Louis Gates

“This, then, is a story of Lincoln’s political genius revealed through his extraordinary array of personal qualities that enabled him to form friendships with…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“During the nineteenth century, corps commander was the highest level of command to still require skills of an operator for success. A corps commander…

— Robert Scales

“Lincoln had a masterful grasp of great subjects. He was able to look at events from all sides, so as to appreciate how they…

— Henry Ketcham