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The Life And Times Of Abraham Lincoln, American Lawyer, Politician And President Of The United States Throughout The American Civil War, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! #AbrahamLincoln #PresidentsOfTheUS #POTUS #POTUSHistory #AmericanPresidents #AmericanCivilWar #WarBetweenTheStates #Emancipation #SlaveryInTheUnited States #SlaveryInTheUS #UnitedStatesPresidentialElection1860 #USPresidentialElection1860 #UnitedStatesPresidentialElection1864 #USPresidentialElection1864 #AssassinatedHeadsOfState #UnionAmericanCivilWar #UnionArmy #WashingtonDC #DVD

ABRAHAM LINCOLN WITH JAMES McPHERSON (Color, 1990 23 Min.)
The great Civil War historican James McPherson gives us the benefit of his wisdom as he guides us through the life America's 16th President

THEY'VE SHOT PRESIDENT LINCOLN! (Color, 1971, 43:06)
An excellent newsreel-like recreation of the events concerning the assassination and possible conspiracy surrounding the murder of President Abraham Lincoln. Entertaining, informative and an excellent standard by which to judge other historical recreation documentaries.


Abraham Lincoln, American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th U.S. President (1809-1865) was born in Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War, its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way for the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government, modernized the economy and established the Thanksgiving holiday. Largely self-educated, he became a lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party leader, and was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, in which he served for eight years. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1846, Lincoln promoted rapid modernization of the economy and opposed the Mexican-American War. After a single term, he returned to Illinois and resumed his successful law practice. Reentering politics in 1854, he became a leader in building the new Republican Party, which had a statewide majority in Illinois. As part of the 1858 campaign for US Senator from Illinois, Lincoln took part in a series of highly publicized debates with his opponent and rival, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas; Lincoln spoke out against the expansion of slavery, but lost the race to Douglas. In 1860, Lincoln secured the Republican Party presidential nomination as a moderate from a swing state, though most delegates originally favored other candidates. Though he gained very little support in the slaveholding states of the South, he swept the North and was elected president in 1860. Though there were attempts to bridge the differences between North and South, ultimately Lincoln's victory prompted seven southern slave states to secede from the United States and form the Confederate States of America before he moved into the White House. The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter inspired the North to rally behind the Union. His Gettysburg Address became an iconic endorsement of nationalism, republicanism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy. He suspended habeas corpus, leading to the controversial ex parte Merryman decision, and he averted potential British intervention by defusing the Trent Affair. Lincoln closely supervised the war effort, especially the selection of generals, including his most successful general, Ulysses S. Grant. He made major decisions on Union war strategy, including a naval blockade that shut down the South's trade. As the war progressed, his complex moves toward ending slavery included the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863; Lincoln used the U.S. Army to protect escaped slaves, encouraged the border states to outlaw slavery, and pushed through Congress the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which permanently outlawed slavery. An astute politician deeply involved with power issues in each state, Lincoln reached out to the War Democrats and managed his own re-election campaign in the 1864 presidential election. Anticipating the war's conclusion, Lincoln pushed a moderate view of Reconstruction, seeking to reunite the nation speedily through a policy of generous reconciliation in the face of lingering and bitter divisiveness. On April 14, 1865, five days after the surrender of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, Lincoln was shot by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth and died the next day. Lincoln has been consistently ranked both by scholars and the public as among the greatest U.S. presidents. On February 12, 1914, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial was put into place.

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