Newspaper Articles about Abraham Lincoln
June 16, 1858: Lincoln: “A House Divided against Itself Cannot Stand”
March 4, 1861: Newspapers React to Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
Aug. 22, 1862: Abraham Lincoln’s Firm Answer to Greeley’s First Scolding Letter
Aug. 24, 1862: Horace Greeley Challenges Lincoln to Free the South’s Slaves
Sept. 22, 1862: President Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation
Sept. 26, 1862: Abraham Lincoln’s Letter to Jefferson Davis
Jan. 1, 1863: The Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln Frees the Confederacy’s Slaves
Nov. 19, 1863: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: Short but Enduring Speech
Nov. 8, 1864: Much Opposition to President Lincoln’s Reelection
Feb. 20, 1865: Lincoln Pleads for Peace in War-Torn Missouri
April 14-15, 1865: Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln!
April 26, 1865: Lincoln’s Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, Shot Dead
April 26, 1865: Newspaper Editorials about the Death of John Wilkes Booth
July 7, 1865: Conspirators in Lincoln’s Assassination Hanged
For more information, visit the Abraham Lincoln: A Resource Guide website provided by the Library of Congress.
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