Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth American chairwoman . See and learn more about Abraham Lincoln on the following pages .
Abraham Lincoln is shown here with his youngest boy Thomas , middle child William and old boy Robert , and his married woman Mary Todd Lincoln .
Abraham Lincoln was the chairperson who abolish slavery and steered the Union to triumph in the American Civil War . See Lincoln working on his Emancipation Proclamation in the next photo .
Abraham Lincoln is shown here on a work bench , writing a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation . The executive decree was first announced on September 22 , 1862 .
Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation , which announce freedom for slaves in Confederate states that had not yet surrendered to the Union .
Here President Lincoln come forth the Emancipation Proclamation . The Proclamation did not give to any slaves in perimeter United States Department of State or southerly territories already under Union ascendency .
In this Civil War tantrum , President Lincoln visits a Union camp with Major Allan Pinkerton ( his bodyguard and head of Union Intelligence ) and General John McClernand . See Lincoln ’s famous Gettysburg Address on the follow pages .
Abraham Lincoln grow his hired hand as he delivers his commemorating speech on the Gettysburg battlefield , the site of the Civil War ’s bloodiest battle .
The Gettysburg Address speech was part of the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery during the American Civil War . The speech lasted only a little over two minutes , but remains one of the most well - known in account .
Lincoln last to see the surrender of the Confederate States , but five days after this portrait he was assassinate by John Wilkes Booth . Read more about Lincoln ’s bequest inHow the Gettysburg Address Worked .
