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   Gettysburg Address

   The only confirmed photo of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg (seated), taken about noon, just after Lincoln arrived and some three hours before he spoke. ... Lincoln's "few appropriate remarks" summarized the war in 10 sentences and 272 words.
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   Abraham Lincoln

   Despite support for the Crittenden Compromise among some Republicans, Lincoln denounced it in private letters, saying "either the Missouri line extended, or... ... Digitized books about Abraham Lincoln from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
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   American Civil War

   Northern politician Abraham Lincoln said, "this question of Slavery was more important than any other; indeed, so much more important has it become that no other national question can even get a hearing just at present." ... University of Illinois.
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   Abraham Lincoln and religion

   The earliest reference I have found to the story in which Lincoln is alleged to have said to an unnamed Illinois minister, "I do love Jesus" is in a sermon preached in the Baptist Church of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, April 19, 1865, by Rev. W.W. Whitcomb, which was published in the Oshkosh Northwestern, April 21, 1865, and in 1907 issued in pamphlet form by John E. Burton." ... ↑ he was also a christion.Abraham Lincoln, quoted in The Washington Daily Morning Chronicle, September 8, 1864; The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (Rutgers University Press, 1953), Roy P. Basler, editor.
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   Carl Sandburg

   Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign possesses the Carl Sandburg collection and archives. ... Other versions say, "I think Abraham Lincoln said that," or "I think T.S. Elliot said that."
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   Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln

   Tripp's book includes an afterword by historian and Lincoln biographer Michael Burlingame titled "A Respectful Dissent", in which he states: ... We Are Lincoln Men Margaret Warner speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Herbert Donald about his book, We Are Lincoln Men: Abraham Lincoln and His Friends.
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   John Brown (abolitionist)

   President Abraham Lincoln said he was a "misguided fanatic" and Brown has been called "the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans." ... As shown in the Ohio Cultivator, Brown and other wool growers had already complained about this problem as something that hurt U.S. wools abroad.
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   Abraham Lincoln assassination

   On April 11, 1865, Booth attended a speech outside the White House in which Lincoln gave support for the idea of voting rights for black people. ... Abraham Lincoln
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   Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

   The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum quickly became one of the most talked about, studied, and debated new projects within the museum design profession. ... Traditionalists such as Southern Illinois University historian John Y. Simon have said the popular approach, borrowing presentation technologies from entertainment, trivializes the subject matter.
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    Henry Wager Halleck

    Abraham Lincoln said that he had given Halleck full power and responsibility as general in chief. ... Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1964, ISBN 0-8071-0822-7.

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