Category: Feature

Wade-Davis Bill The next major confrontation between President Lincoln and Radical Republicans in Congress came in 1864 over reconstruction. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Louisiana and Black Suffrage The question of suffrage for newly freed blacks became an important part of the President Lincoln’s reconstruction program. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Hampton Roads Conference In January 1865, pressure intensified on Mr. Lincoln to bring the Civil War to a speed close. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Black Soldiers In almost every town of any size there were large numbers of Negroes who sought service in the Union army; failing to be enlisted they bided their time and did whatever they could to assist. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom

Mr. Lincoln and Friends The friends I left that parting day,… View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Meeting and Greeting Friends Mr. Lincoln was a friendly man. One of the critical elements in Mr. Lincoln’s ability to forge friendships was the way in which he met and greeted people. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

New Salem Mr. Lincoln was a friendly man. One of the critical elements in Mr. Lincoln’s ability to forge friendships was the way in which he met and greeted people. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Congressional Nomination of 1843 The importance of friends was perhaps never so evident as when Mr. Lincoln sought the Whig nomination for Congress in 1843. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Conflicts over Owen Lovejoy An important cause of conflict among Mr. Lincoln’s friends in 1856 and 1858 was the Republican candidacy for Congress of Owen Lovejoy. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Friends Divided by Politics The dissolution of the Whig Party, the growth of the Know Nothing movement, the birth of the Republican Party cause Mr. Lincoln many trials with his friends during the mid-1850s. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends