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^ Harris 2011, pp. 59–71.

^ Neely 1992, pp. 3–31.

^ Donald 1996, pp. 303–304; Carwardine 2003, pp. 163–164.

^ Donald 1996, pp. 315–339, 417.

^ Donald 1996, p. 314; Carwardine 2003, p. 178.

^ Donald 1996, pp. 314–317.

^ Carwardine 2003, p. 181.

^ Boritt & Pinsker 2002, pp. 213–214.

^ Donald 1996, p. 322.

^ Randall, James Garfield (1946). Lincoln the President: Springfield to Gettysburg. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-306-80754-1. quoted in Peraino, Kevin (2013) Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power. pp. 160–61. ISBN 978-0-307-88720-7

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^ Donald 1996, pp. 295–296.

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