Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth president of the United States. He led the United States through the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and promoted the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery.
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Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also delivered on March 4th but four years later... SEE MORE