The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

by Erik Larson

Here the most sacred ties of earth were assumed; here all my children were born; and here one of them lies buried.” Lincoln would turn

“With these few words,” he said, “I must leave you—for how long I know not. Friends, one and all, I must now bid you an affectionate farewell.”