Future Civil War

According to a book, Spells and Other Useful Things, the first thing to do in the event of a siege – keep your candle dim. The Yankees were coming. Charlotte huddled in her home, her only company a gray and white cat named Peterson and a book of spells from the attic. A romantic short story full of magic and mystery.

Although Lincoln’s adult life as president, statesman, and savior of the Union has been well documented and analyzed, most biographers have regarded his early years as inconsequential to his career and accomplishments. But in 1920, a group of historians known as the Lincoln Inquiry were determined to give Lincoln’s formative years their due. Abe’s Youth takes a look into their writings, which focus on Lincoln’s life between seven and 21 years of age.