Abraham Lincoln’s penchant for humor and colloquial language helped him persevere through the darkest days of the Union. On Monday morning, September 22, 1862, five days after the terrible Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln sent his cabinet “sudden and peremptory” orders to attend an unscheduled meeting at the White House. Some may have suspected, …
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