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volunteered so early in the war, that was just a completely disorienting and horrifying experience. >> lincoln is criticized for having ordered his troops into battle before they were ready. >> horace greeley, the editor of "the new york tribune," tells lincoln it's over. we've lost. at the end of the day, it has to be said that abraham lincoln was not nearly as savvy a military thinker as he was a political one. >> so what does he do? he sends to the library of congress for books, books about war strategy. he decides to teach himself the job of commander in chief, just as he taught himself shakespeare, just as he taught himself the law. he's the biggest and most successful autodidact in american history. >> but wars are not won from

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