Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

16th president of the United States: 1861-1865

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) First Inaugural address, 1861 Second Inaugural address, 1865 The Gettysburg Address Last speech, April 11, 1865 No State of the Union available. The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 Proclamation on the Wade-Davis Bill, July 8, 1864 Lincoln/net The Lincoln Institute Mr. Lincoln and Freedom Mr. Lincoln and Freedom details the progress of Mr. Lincoln's opposition to slavery from his years in the Illinois State Legislature to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery Mr. Lincoln and Friends Mr. Lincoln and Friends reviews the many men and a few women whose friendships helped determine Mr. Lincoln's political progress and success in the state capital in Springfield, Illinois and the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. Mr. Lincoln and the Founders Mr. Lincoln and the Founders examines the impact of the Founders, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution on Mr. Lincoln's life, political thinking and political actions in the 1850s and 1860s. Mr. Lincoln and New York Mr. Lincoln and New York appraises how the center of political, media and economic power in 19th century America interacted with, supported and tormented Mr. Lincoln both before and during his Presidency. Mr. Lincoln's White House Mr. Lincoln's White House examines the people and events who worked with President Lincoln in Washington during the tumultuous years of the Civil War. Ford's Theatre. National Historic Site