With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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Publisher and political advisor Thurlow Weed’s dire assessment of the military and political situation in the North just five months into the war must have disturbed Lincoln. While Weed was far from battle, he was very close to the grim truth of the situation. However, despite his grave warnings, Weed was personally confident that the North had the power and will to preserve the government.

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The Bull-Run affair was a blunder. With the Men and Money of the Country, without stint or limit, at the service of the Government, a Battle should not have been lost


Publisher and political advisor Thurlow Weed’s dire assessment of the military and political situation in the North just five months into the war must have disturbed Lincoln. While Weed was far from battle, he was very close to the grim truth of the situation. However, despite his grave warnings, Weed was personally confident that the North had the power and will to preserve the government.