Ronald C. White Jr. is the author and editor of five books on American intellectual, religious, and social history. He has taught at Colorado College, Whitworth College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and UCLA. He is currently dean and professor of American religious history at San Francisco Theological Seminary. He lives in San Anselmo and La Canada, California.
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After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his second inauguration, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech it yearned for; nor did he blame the South solel... SEE MORE