As the tide of the Civil War turned in the spring of 1865, Abraham Lincoln took a dangerous two-week trip to visit the troops on the front lines accompanied by his young son, seeing combat up close, meeting liberated slaves in the ruins of Richmond, and comforting wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. he power of Lincoln?s personal example in the closing days of the war offers a portrait of a peacemaker. He did not demonize people he disagreed with....