Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln honey New York Times Bestseller

New York Times Bestseller

This revealing new biography by William Marvel cuts through received wisdom to show Fitz John Porter as he was: a respected commander whose distinguished career was ruined by political machinations within Lincoln's administration

and popular culture in full detail

With the numerical strength of each regiment greatly reduced

faded into obscurity

Murder on the Mississippi: The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln honey New York Times Bestsellerby Saladin Ambar Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincolnthe story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national mapthe Lyceum Address. Lynched: Five white gamblers suspected of aiding a slave insurrection in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Burned Alive: A Black man implicated in the death of a constable in St. Louis, Missouri. Gunned Down: A white