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| | William C. Harris | The Hampton Roads Peace Conference: A Final Test of Lincoln's Presidential Leadership | Journal of ... |
 | | WILLIAM C. Left to right: William Henry Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice President of the Confederate States of America; Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, served in the Confederate Cabinet and Senate; and Judah Philip Benjamin, who served in various capacities in the Confederate Cabinet. |
 | | According to Peabody, General Hitchcock, a senior adviser in the War Department, declared that Lincoln's "abilities are very great—& his integrity & love of country most profound." The general asserted that "we have had no greater President—& depend upon it, he says, bye and bye this will be seen & acknowledged." |
 | | James M. McPherson, "Lincoln and the Strategy of Unconditional Surrender," in Gabor S. Boritt, ed., Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 60–61; John Y. Simon, "Grant, Lincoln, and Unconditional Surrender," in Gabor S. Boritt, ed., Lincoln's Generals (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 191–92. |
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