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March 1865: The United States was at a crossroads, and, truth be told, Abraham Lincoln was a suffering man. "I am very unwell," he confided to a close acquaintance. A massive and awful civil war was winding down, giving momentous questions for a war-weary leader to address. A well-timed invitation from General Ulysses S. Give provided the impetus for a getaway to City Point, Virginia, a quest from which Abraham Lincoln drew a lot more than he ever before expected. Lincoln's Greatest Voyage: Sixteen Days That Transformed a Presidency, March 24-Apr 8, 1865 supplies the first comprehensive profile of a momentous time. Lincoln journeyed to City Point, Virginia, in past due March 1865 to escape the frequent interruptions in the country's capital that were carrying off a portion of his "vitality" and also to make his personal amends for having presided above the most destructive war in American background in order to save the country. Lincoln came back to Washington 16 days and nights later with a restored sense of purpose, urgency, and course that could fundamentally shape his second-term agenda.