Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration (Harold Holzer - LP) leaders He saluted the "One-Legged Brigade"

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the author’s microhistorical approach records events that often go unnoticed

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which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis

Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration (Harold Holzer - LP) leaders He saluted the "One-Legged Brigade"by Harold Holzer From acclaimed Abraham Lincoln historian Harold Holzer, a groundbreaking account of Lincolns grappling with the politics of immigration against the backdrop of the Civil War. In the three decades before the Civil War, some ten million foreign born people settled in the United States, forever altering the nations demographics, culture, andperhaps most significantlyvoting patterns. Americas newest residents fueled the national economy,