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Lincoln's assassination left him a national martyr. He was viewed by abolitionists as a champion of human liberty. Republicans linked Lincoln's name to their party. Many, though not all, in the South considered Lincoln as a man of outstanding ability. [388] Historians have said he was "a classical liberal" in the 19th-century sense.
The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 ... Name Term; President: Abraham Lincoln: ... cause for which they gave the last full measure of ...
Lincoln is a surname and masculine given name of Old English origin. The surname originates from the city of Lincoln , England, whose name means "lake/pool colony", combining the Brythonic word lynn with the Latin word colonia . [ 1 ]
Read below for the full text of Lincoln's address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition ...
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, [2] Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. [3]
Biographers have rejected numerous rumors about Lincoln's paternity. According to historian William E. Barton, one of these rumors began circulating in 1861 "in various forms in several sections of the South" that Lincoln's biological father was Abraham Enloe, a resident of Rutherford County, North Carolina, who died in that same year.
Lincoln most commonly refers to: Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States; Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England; Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. Lincoln (name), a surname and given name; Lincoln Motor Company, a Ford brand; Lincoln may also refer to: