LAMONT WOOD

In April 1846, tensions between the U.S. and Mexico along the disputed border were high. About half of the U.S. Army, then tiny, was camped outside of Matamoros, Mexico, and rumors were flying that the much larger and better outfitted Mexican army was about to undertake efforts to remove the troops from their territory. Captain Seth Brett Thornton led his 2nd mounted dragoons on an expedition to try to confirm those rumors and gain intelligence about the militarys plans. He rode his commandwhich included about thirty percent of the Armys mounted troopsstraight into an ambush and lost his entire command. His ill luck both exposed the position of the Mexican army and escalated the events that would become known as the Mexican-American War.

Lincolns Planner follows our sixteenth president through the Civil War, showing what he did and wrote each day, as reflected in surviving records. You will experience the bombshell events much as Lincoln did, every day, rather than through story-line narratives often laid out in history books.In the process, youll see how Lincoln gradually dominated those around him through the sheer force and psychological ascendency of his personality. Unlike the ego-driven figures that surrounded him in politics and the military, Abraham Lincoln got results because he was righteous without being self-righteous, moral without being moralistic, and manipulative without being willful. And despite distractions, catastrophes, and disappointments that would have crushed most men, he kept his goals in mind.What do you say to: A commander whos been mauled by Stonewall Jackson? Locust-like office seekers? Manipulative cabinet members? Opportunistic hack congressmen? Battle-shy generals? A people yearning for freedom? A neurotic, jealous wife?If youre Abraham Lincoln, all that and more may be on a given days to-do-list. Join his fascinating journey through Lincolns Planner.