Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and p
Lincoln in 1863
Mary Todd Lincoln with Willie and Tad
A daguerreotype of Lincoln, taken around 1847, the earliest known photograph of him
Lincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slavery
Andrew Johnson
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Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a
Abraham Lincoln
…Unionists control of the House. As a result of the Proclamation, enlisting freedmen became official policy. In a letter to Tennessee military governor Andrew Johnson, Lincoln wrote, "The bare sight of fifty thousand armed, and drilled black soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi would end the rebellion at once…
Johnson, c. 1870–1875
Johnson's birthplace and childhood home, located at the Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh, North Carolina
"Andrew Johnson's Indenture" (Asheville News, August 20, 1869, Page 4)
Locket portraits of Andrew and Eliza (McCardle) Johnson, created 1840s