Transcriber’s Notes Punctuation has been standardized. Characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps. Non-printable characteristics have been given the following transliteration: Italic text: --> _text_ This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged. _Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel_ Illustration: LINCOLN.--From a painting by Howard Pyle LINCOLN AND THE SLEEPING SENTINEL THE TRUE STORY TOLD BY L. E. CHITTENDEN REGISTER OF THE TREASURY, 1861-65 AND AUTHOR OF “RECOLLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS ADMINISTRATION” WITH PORTRAITS Illustration: Publisher’s Seal NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMIX Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ Published January, 1909. _Illustrations_ LINCOLN.--From a painting by Howard Pyle _Frontispiece_ LINCOLN IN 1857.--From a photograph in the collection of Charles Carleton Coffin _Facing p._ 20 LINCOLN AND HIS SON THOMAS, KNOWN AS “TAD.” --From a photograph by Brady ″ 28 LINCOLN.--From the statue by Augustus St. Gaudens, at Lincoln Park, Chicago ″ 36 LINCOLN IN 1865.--From a photograph by Rice ″ 46 _Introduction_ Without any attempt at biographical details or an appreciation, a few chief facts in Abraham Lincoln’s great career may be helpfully recalled to the minds of readers. His ancestors were Quakers in Berks County, Pennsylvania. His parents, born in Virginia, were influenced by the current of migration across the Alleghanies, and were carried first to Kentucky and afterward to Indiana.