Lincoln and Stanton seemed to feel the deaths of the soldiers deeply. Some Americans saw each of them as a kind of … Goodwin adds another member to the team of rivals, the combative Edwin Stanton who joined the cabinet in January 1862 and brought new life to the beleaguered war effort. It is a multiple biography of the entire team of personal and political competitors that he put together to lead the country through its greatest crisis. Lincoln replaced Cameron with Edwin M. Stanton, a former Democrat who had never been one of his political rivals. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin tells the story of the presidential election of 1860 and the four men who were contenders for the office. Team of Rivals closes with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. 13. He prepares a document called the Emancipation Proclamation and reads it to the Cabinet. Team of Rivals and Lincoln’s Character Posted on July 20, 2020 July 27, 2020 by M.E. Can you compare their reactions to Obama’s and Bush’s? Faced with national crisis and the advent of the Civil War, Lincoln skillfully used his cabinet to unify the North’s disparate political factions. Obama and Lincoln began their first terms with very different public perceptions. Narrator E: By the summer of 1862, Lincoln agrees that it is time to free the slaves. Book Review: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. 14. “Team of Rivals,” a hefty 750-page tome, is far broader in scope and detail than the movie it inspired, but well worth the read, particularly for the armchair historian. An epilogue traces the later lives and deaths of Seward, Stanton, Bates, Chase, Mary Lincoln, and others. ... Edwin Stanton, an ex-corporate lawyer and former Lincoln opponent, was soon appointed Secretary of War. Seward is also attacked by a knife-wielding assailant, though he survives. Historians would call the group Lincoln’s “team of rivals.” ... Edwin Stanton: But freeing the slaves would damage the South’s economy and bring it to its knees. Team of Rivals doesn't just tell the story of Abraham Lincoln. Bond Posted in Books Tagged American history , biography This spring/summer I read Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln . Document Signed, Washington, entitled “Autographs of the President and Cabinet, 1864”, signed by the President and his Team of Rivals: Abraham Lincoln, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Edward Bates, Salmon Chase, Gideon Welles, Montgomery Blair, and John P. Usher. Seward was more visionary, more idealistic, better equipped to arouse the emotions of a crowd; Weed was more practical, more realistic, more skilled in winning elections and getting things done. “Team of Rivals” The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin Kindle Notes: Dave Kraft They made an exceptional team. 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