Lincoln's Moral Vision: the Second Inaugural Address.(Book Review) From: Journal of Southern History | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Guelzo, Allen C. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Southern Historical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By James Tackach. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. Pp. [xxviii], 176. $28.00, ISBN 1-57806-495-3.)

James Tackach's new book on Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address appears hard on the heels of a newly reawakened interest in the close analysis of Lincoln's major texts, an interest that began with Garry Wills's 1992 commentary on the Gettysburg Address and that has been followed more recently by Harry V. Jaffa on the Special Message to Congress of July 4, 186...