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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. ... "
Lincoln thought secession illegal, and was willing to use force to defend Federal law and the Union. ...
The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. ... "
Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. ... In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. ...
Lincoln never let the world forget that the Civil War involved an even larger issue. ... "
Lincoln won re-election in 1864, as Union military triumphs heralded an end to the war. ...
The spirit that guided him was clearly that of his Second Inaugural Address, now inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. ... "
On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Fords Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. ...
Standing here tonight on this historic stage, at the scene of Abraham Lincolns murder and martyrdom--a shrine so evocatively frozen in time--one cannot help but be poignantly and powerfully reminded of the sacrifices often made by our heroes. ...
Abraham Lincoln entered this building on Good Friday, 1865, as President.
Approximate Word count = 1120
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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