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Lincoln was elected president in 1860, when the republic was in crisis. Southern states had made clear their belief in the right to secede from the Union.

Lincoln was commander-in-chief during the ].

He wrote and delivered the ], perhaps the greatest piece of oratory ever delivered in North America.

Another astonishing speech is Lincoln's second Inaugural. Lincoln might have been a great novelist or biographer had he not become a professional politician.


He is credited with freeing the slaves with the ], though this only freed the slaves in areas of the ] not yet controlled by the Union. He is credited with freeing the slaves with the ], though this only freed the slaves in areas of the ] not yet controlled by the Union.
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One of the most respected and beloved presidents, Lincoln was also reviled by millions of people, especially in the slave and border states. When President Harry Truman, of Independence, Missouri laid a wreath on the grave of Abraham Lincoln, he caught hell from his mother, who recalled with bitterness the depradations on family property committed bny Union radicals in the name of Lincoln. One of the most respected and beloved presidents, Lincoln has been memorialized in many city names, notably the ], in corporate and product names, and with the ] in ].

Lincoln has been memorialized in many city names, notably the ], in corporate and product names, and with the ] in ].


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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th (1861-1865) President of the United States, and the first President from the Republican Party.

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Born on February 12 1809 in Kentucky, he moved at a young age to the area near Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln was commander-in-chief during the American Civil War. He wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address.

He is credited with freeing the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation, though this only freed the slaves in areas of the Confederacy not yet controlled by the Union.

At Lincoln's Inauguration on March 4, 1861 the Turners formed Lincoln's bodyguard .

He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 26 1865.

One of the most respected and beloved presidents, Lincoln has been memorialized in many city names, notably the capital of Nebraska, in corporate and product names, and with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C..

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