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Lincoln's bishop : a president, a priest, and the fate of 300 Dakota Sioux warriors /

In the tradition of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals comes Gustav Niebuhr's compelling history of Abraham Lincoln's decision in 1862 to spare the lives of 265 condemned Sioux men, and the Episcopal bishop who was his moral compass, helping guide the president's conscience. M...

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Main Author:	Niebuhr, Gustav
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]
Subjects:	Dakota Indians > Wars, 1862-1865. Dakota Indians > Government relations > History > 19th century. Whipple, Henry Benjamin, > 1822-1901. Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Relations with Dakota Indians. Church work with Indians > Episcopal Church > History > 19th century. HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious. RELIGION / Ethics.

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