Countdown to the nomination
"A man knows his own name"
"An intensified crossword puzzle"
"I am now public property"
"Mystic chords of memory": Spring 1861
"The ball has opened": Summer 1861
"I do not intend to be sacrificed": Fall 1861
"My boy is gone": Winter 1862
"He was simply out-generaled": Spring 1862
"We are in the depths": Summer 1862
"My word is out": Fall 1862
"Fire in the rear": Winter-Spring 1863
"The tycoon is in fine whack": Summer 1863
"I feel trouble in the air": Summer-Fall 1863
"Still in wild water": Fall 1863
"There's a man in it!": Winter-Spring 1864
"Atlanta is ours": Summer-Fall 1864
"A sacred effort": Winter 1864-1865
The final weeks: Spring 1865.
From the Large Type - Large print edition.
Part. 1: The rivals. Four men waiting --
Countdown to the nomination --
"A man knows his own name" --
"An intensified crossword puzzle" --
"I am now public property" --
Part. 2: Master among men. "Mystic chords of memory": Spring 1861 --
"The ball has opened": Summer 1861 --
"I do not intend to be sacrificed": Fall 1861 --
"My boy is gone": Winter 1862 --
"He was simply out-generaled": Spring 1862 --
"We are in the depths": Summer 1862 --
"My word is out": Fall 1862 --
"Fire in the rear": Winter-Spring 1863 --
"The tycoon is in fine whack": Summer 1863 --
"I feel trouble in the air": Summer-Fall 1863 --
"Still in wild water": Fall 1863 --
"There's a man in it!": Winter-Spring 1864 --
"Atlanta is ours": Summer-Fall 1864 --
"A sacred effort": Winter 1864-1865 --
The final weeks: Spring 1865.