Title: Letter Lincoln wrote during Civil War Description: A photograph of a letter Lincoln wrote during the American Civil War (1861-1865) on April 7, 1865 in reply to a letter from Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (Hiran Ulysses Simpson Grant; April 27, 1822-July 23, 1885) the previous day; Grant had written Lincoln that Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820-February 14, 1891) reported to him that after the Confederates gave up Petersburg, 7,000 prisoners were taken and a large amount of war equipment; Grant then added, "If the thing is pressed, I think that Lee will surrender," referring to Gen. Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807-October 12, 1870), commander of the Confederate Army; Lincoln replied: "Let the thing be pressed" Study Application Notes: Abraham Lincoln ("Honest Abe," "The Rail Splitter," "The Great Emancipator"), born February 25, 1809 in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, died April 15, 1865 in Washington, D.C.; sixteenth President of the U.S. (1861-1865); Lincoln was self-taught, moving at age twenty-two to Illinois in 1831, working on a flatboat, then later as a rail-splitter and store clerk, until moving to Springfield, Illinois to work as a lawyer in 1837; he served four terms as a state representative from Sangamon County, Illinois as a Whig; he married Mary Todd (Mary Anne Todd; December 13, 1818-July 16, 1882) in 1842, a union that produced four sons: Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843-July 26, 1926); Edward "Eddie" Baker Lincoln (March 10, 1846-February 1, 1850); William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln (December 21, 1850-February 20, 1862); and Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (April 4, 1853-July 16, 1871); Background Information: Lincoln was narrowly elected the sixteenth President of the U.S. in 1860 as a Republican. He worked hard to preserve the Union, though eleven southern States had seceded and a Civil War ensued; his Emancipation Proclamation, announced on September 22, 1862 and put into effect on January 1, 1863, essentially freed the slaves and, with his Gettysburg Address, are some of the greatest documents ever produced by an American President; Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. shot by American stage actor John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838-April 26, 1865) and died the next day; Lincoln is buried in the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois; several films profile Lincoln, the most notable being Abraham Lincoln (1930), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), and Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Category: Political Figures Topic: U.S. Presidents Subject: Abraham Lincoln Keywords: Abraham Lincoln Collection, American Civil War (1861-1865), generals, Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, presidents of the U.S., U.S. generals, U.S. presidents. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2400 x 1832 (4.40 MPixels) (1.31) Print Size: 20.3 x 15.5 cm; 8.0 x 6.1 inches File Size: 12.61 MB (13,219,156 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000530289 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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