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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

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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

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1848

1862

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The Beginning of the The Beginning of the StoryStory

Part OnePart One

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"...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

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

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Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Bronze sculpture at Hodginville, Ky: the

Lincoln Family

Thomas Lincoln

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Lincoln Birthplace National Memorial, near Hodgenville, Ky

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

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Lincoln Family Church “Knob Baptist Church” Hodgenville, Ky

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Books that the young Abraham read “over and

over”

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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

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Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, Abraham’s Step-Mother

Thomas and Sarah’s cabin near Charleston, Illinois

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Abraham the “rail splitter” and log builder

The Indiana Cabin

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Lincoln the young manLincoln the young man

Part TwoPart Two

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Flatboat Operator

Post Master Captain, Illinois Militia

Blackhawk War

Store Clerk and Owner

Land Surveyor

Lincoln at New Salem, and the things he did

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

navigate the rivers

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Abraham Lincoln, lawyer

From log courthouses to the Illinois Supreme Court at Springfield

Inside the 1830’s Macon County Courthouse at Decatur

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Abraham Lincoln in the 1840’s

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Enter Miss Mary ToddEnter Miss Mary Todd

Part ThreePart Three

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

four boys

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The Lincoln family during the Civil War

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President Lincoln and Tad looking at a family scrapbook

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Eddie

Willie Robert

Tad, as a teenager

Those Lincoln boys!

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Abraham and Mary’s home at Springfield, Illinois

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

Part Four Part Four

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Politician and Presidential Candidate, 1860

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

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

Washington

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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.”

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“. . .this old mansion”

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"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

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A new beard, and many problems on his shoulders in

1861

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A Great Civil WarA Great Civil War

Part FivePart Five

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CIVIL WAR WHEN LINCOLN BECOMES PRESIDENT, 1861

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The Commander and Chief

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Needed: One Great Needed: One Great GeneralGeneral

Part SixPart Six

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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

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Field Commanders, Antietam

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

Part SixPart Six

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Emancipation

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Slavery and then Emancipation

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The First Modern WarThe First Modern War

Part SevenPart Seven

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The First “Modern War”

Telegraph and T-mailing,

Ironclads,

Repeater Rifles,

Air Balloons for Surveillance,

The Railroads

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A New National A New National Cemetery Needs Cemetery Needs

DedicatedDedicatedPart EightPart Eight

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The President riding into Gettysburg to give his short speech

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The Gettysburg Cemetery

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A General is FoundA General is Found

Part NinePart Nine

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U.S. Grant, new General

of Union Forces

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General William Tecumseh Sherman

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President Lincoln entering Richmond

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Ford Theatre in 1865

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Villain of the century,

John Wilkes Booth

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Our Nation MournsOur Nation Mourns

Part TenPart Ten

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President Lincoln’s Funeral Train

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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."

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A Tomb and Five A Tomb and Five National MemorialsNational Memorials

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Lincoln’s tomb, Springfield, Illinois

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Gutzon Borglum’s Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

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““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

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“. . . 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

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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