Books by William O. Stoddard

Depicts President Abraham Lincoln's agonizing reaction to the defeats at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the difficulties encountered (and presented) by Mary Lincoln, the president's relations with George B McClellan and other generals, and the anxiety preceding the Merrimack's epic battle with the Monitor.

In this collection of 120 weekly dispatches submitted to the New York Examiner under the pseudonym "Illinois," William O. Stoddard sheds light on Lincoln and his era.