Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 The Trent Affair of late 1861 threatened war with Great Britain. The U.S. Navy...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Despite his dissatisfaction with McClellan's failure to reinforce Pope, Lincoln was desperate, and restored...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 There were attempts at compromise. The Crittenden Compromise would have extended the Missouri Compromise...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 On April 15, Lincoln called on all the states to send detachments totaling 75,000...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 After the state Republican party convention nominated him for the U.S. Senate in 1858,...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Most Republicans agreed with Lincoln that the North was the aggrieved party, as the...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 In 1844, the couple bought a house in Springfield near Lincoln's law office. Mary...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Republican politics 1854–60 Slavery and a "House Divided" By the 1850s, slavery was still...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Prairie lawyer Lincoln returned to practicing law in Springfield, handling "every kind of...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln : biography February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 The family moved north across the Ohio River to free (i.e., non-slave) territory...