Lincoln's Rail-splitter

Lincoln's Rail-splitter
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 0252026497
ISBN-13 : 9780252026492
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Book Synopsis Lincoln's Rail-splitter by : Mark A. Plummer

Download or read book Lincoln's Rail-splitter written by Mark A. Plummer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Lincoln, Oglesby was born in Kentucky and spent most of his youth in central Illinois, apprenticing as a lawyer in Springfield and standing for election to the Illinois legislature Congress, and U.S. Senate. Oglesby participated in the battles of Cerro Gordo and Vera Cruz during the Mexican-American War and made a small fortune in the gold rush of 1849. A superlative speaker, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress in a campaign that featured the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, then was elected to the Illinois senate as Lincoln was being elected president.


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