The Fate of the Rail Splitter – Abe Lincoln

The Fate of the Rail Splitter – Abe Lincoln


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Title: The Fate of the Rail Splitter – Abe Lincoln

Year: 1861

Creator: Richmond, Wood Engraving

Description: “Northern boasts of hanging Jeff Davis to a sour apple tree were matched by Southern resentment toward Lincoln as the embodiment of opposition to the course that the Southern States had chosen to pursue.”