Abraham Lincoln: Railsplitter for President Elect Honest Abe His Story in my words, his words, and...

Abraham Lincoln: Railsplitter for President

Elect Honest Abe

His Story in my words, his words, and his peers’ words

By Howard Taylor, Teacher from Illinois

1848

1862

The Beginning of the The Beginning of the StoryStory

Part OnePart One

"...he'll never come to much, fur I'll tell you he wuz the puniest, cryin'est little youngster I ever saw."   Said by

Dennis Hanks

The Lincolns' rough-hewn cabin on Nolin Creek near Hodgenville, Kentucky

Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Bronze sculpture at Hodginville, Ky: the

Lincoln Family

Thomas Lincoln

Lincoln Birthplace National Memorial, near Hodgenville, Ky

A young Abraham reading by the “light of the fire,” in his Indiana Family Cabin. Drawing by Lloyd Ostendorf

Lincoln Family Church “Knob Baptist Church” Hodgenville, Ky

Books that the young Abraham read “over and

over”

Abraham learns to read, Discovers George Washington. Honesty is learned

New Step-mother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln brings books to 10 year old Abe

Pastor Wheems’ Biography of George Washington with Curious Anecdotes

Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, Abraham’s Step-Mother

Thomas and Sarah’s cabin near Charleston, Illinois

Abraham the “rail splitter” and log builder

The Indiana Cabin

Lincoln the young manLincoln the young man

Part TwoPart Two

Flatboat Operator

Post Master Captain, Illinois Militia

Blackhawk War

Store Clerk and Owner

Land Surveyor

Lincoln at New Salem, and the things he did

Abraham Lincoln invention Patent # 6469 A buoyancy device to help flatboats

navigate the rivers

Abraham Lincoln, lawyer

From log courthouses to the Illinois Supreme Court at Springfield

Inside the 1830’s Macon County Courthouse at Decatur

Abraham Lincoln in the 1840’s

Enter Miss Mary ToddEnter Miss Mary Todd

Part ThreePart Three

Mary Todd from Lexington, Abraham’s wife and mother of their

four boys

The Lincoln family during the Civil War

President Lincoln and Tad looking at a family scrapbook

Eddie

Willie Robert

Tad, as a teenager

Those Lincoln boys!

Abraham and Mary’s home at Springfield, Illinois

““We have been elected!We have been elected!

Part Four Part Four

Politician and Presidential Candidate, 1860

Remember Abe’s George Washington influence from Pastor Wheem’s book

President-Elect Lincoln visits his step-mother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, at Charleston before leaving for

Washington

First Inauguration: “and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter what

pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.”

“. . .this old mansion”

"She is absolute mistress of all that part of the White House inside of the vestibule on the first floor, and of all the upper floor east of the folding doors across the hall at the head of the stairs. She has had varied assistance in the management of her domain since she came

into possession of it," wrote presidential aide William O. Stoddard

A new beard, and many problems on his shoulders in

1861

A Great Civil WarA Great Civil War

Part FivePart Five

CIVIL WAR WHEN LINCOLN BECOMES PRESIDENT, 1861

The Commander and Chief

Needed: One Great Needed: One Great GeneralGeneral

Part SixPart Six

Gen. Winfield Scott

William Tecumseh

Sherman

Ulysses S. Grant

President Lincoln

Pres. Lincoln and Gen. George McClellan

Gen. Ambrose Burnside

Gen. Philip Sheridan

Gen. Benjamin Butler

Pres. Lincoln and Generals in the White House

Field Commanders, Antietam

Slavery was not the Slavery was not the original issue in this waroriginal issue in this war

Part SixPart Six

Emancipation

Slavery and then Emancipation

The First Modern WarThe First Modern War

Part SevenPart Seven

The First “Modern War”

Telegraph and T-mailing,

Ironclads,

Repeater Rifles,

Air Balloons for Surveillance,

The Railroads

A New National A New National Cemetery Needs Cemetery Needs

DedicatedDedicatedPart EightPart Eight

The President riding into Gettysburg to give his short speech

The Gettysburg Cemetery

A General is FoundA General is Found

Part NinePart Nine

U.S. Grant, new General

of Union Forces

General William Tecumseh Sherman

President Lincoln entering Richmond

Ford Theatre in 1865

Villain of the century,

John Wilkes Booth

Our Nation MournsOur Nation Mourns

Part TenPart Ten

President Lincoln’s Funeral Train

One morning several days after the assassination, Tad faced up to his new situation in life. He said to a White House servant,

"Pa is dead. I can hardly believe that I shall never see him again. I must learn to take care of myself now. Yes, Pa is dead, and I am only Tad Lincoln now, little Tad, like other little boys. I am not a president's son now. I won't have many presents anymore. Well, I will try and be a good boy, and will hope to go someday to Pa and brother Willie, in heaven."

A Tomb and Five A Tomb and Five National MemorialsNational Memorials

Lincoln’s tomb, Springfield, Illinois

Gutzon Borglum’s Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

““Now he belongs to the Now he belongs to the Ages” Ages”

as Secretary Edward Stanton stated at Lincoln’s as Secretary Edward Stanton stated at Lincoln’s deathbed, after the President’s last breath.deathbed, after the President’s last breath.

Part TwelvePart Twelve

The ConclusionThe Conclusion

“. . . Now he belongs to the ages,” or the angels, as some historians think was said by Secretary of War Edward Stanton

at the death of the 16th President

Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Bi-Centennial birthday will be celebrated starting February 9, 2009.

Learn from Abraham. He was not perfect. He was a politician, but always was honorable and truthful as far as we can tell.

Historians like to write new history to say otherwise, but the results of the 16th President’s actions will stand positive in history.

Thank you for watching and listening to my Lincoln Powerpoint.

Howard Taylor, Illinois Teacher and Lincoln Scholar