Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics (Stewart Winger - LP) Section- The Confederacy The first American to die

The first American to die from a victim-activated landmine was on the Virginia peninsula in early 1862 during the siege of Yorktown

Patrick McCrary

for different reasons

Displayed with the pistol are a replica engraving of Confederate troops at the Battle of Second Manassas

all of which led to the climax of his life: the notorious Dahlgren Raid

Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics (Stewart Winger - LP) Section- The Confederacy The first American to dieHardcover Stewart Winger The nature of Abraham Lincoln's religious beliefs is perhaps the most perplexing enigma of his legacy. Examining the relationship between Lincoln's religious language and antebellum political culture, Winger offers a new perspective on the Great Emancipator. Lincoln's greatest speeches, Winger shows, articulate a Romantic Protestant vision of American identity and destiny. Recent considerations of Lincoln's religion have