This Sunday, Feb. 5, 1865, photo made available by the Library of Congress shows President Abraham Lincoln in Washington. This image is the last photo in the president's last photo session during his life.
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| (AP Photo/Library of Congress, Alexander Gardner) |
h/t Hot Mic
This 1861 photo by Matthew Brady was taken in 1861 - it's from this set of gorgeous remastered and colorized images from the Civil War era, including Lincoln and Mark Twain (this related book gets excellent reviews: The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States.):
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 (this post has a different photo that claims to be Lincoln's last - I don't know which is accurate). Related: In 1956, an eyewitness (Samuel Seymour) to the Lincoln assassination appeared on TV.
Here' a photo of Lincoln's first inauguration.
The Gettysburg Address was delivered on November 19, 1863: history, photos, videos and more.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter.
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The Gettysburg Address was delivered on November 19, 1863: history, photos, videos and more.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter.
Santa Claus enters the fray on the side of the Union.
Lincoln's 1858 speech on the meaning of Independence Day: Let us stick to it then. Let us stand firmly by it then.
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