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The Presidency | Lincoln as Commander in Chief | Success through Trial and Error

Major General George Gordon Meade
George Gordon Meade, Major General, United States Army (1815–1872). Philadelphia: Henszey & Co., [ca. 1864]. Carte-de-visite photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (170)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19398

Lincoln Criticizes General Meade
Abraham Lincoln to George Meade, July 14, 1863. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (174)
Digital ID # al0174p1 – al0174p3

General View of the Union Lines
Edwin Forbes. General View of the Union Lines on the Morning of July 3, 10 AM, During the Attack of Johnston’s Div. C.S.A. Oil painting, between 1865 and 1895. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (172)
Digital ID # cph-3b52476

The Presidency | Lincoln as Commander in Chief | Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln. “Nicolay Copy” of the Gettysburg Address, 1863. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (186)
Digital ID # al0186p1 – al0186p2

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Invitation
Judge David Wills to Abraham Lincoln, November 2, 1863. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (181)
Digital ID # al0181p1–al0181p3

Dedication Ceremony, November 19, 1863
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. Facsimile from glass plate negative. Brady-Handy Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (185)
Digital ID # cwpb-07639

The Presidency | Lincoln as Commander in Chief | End in Sight

Ulysses S. Grant’s Commission as Lieutenant General
Abraham Lincoln. Ulysses S. Grant’s commission as Lieutenant General, March 10, 1864. Holograph manuscript. Ulysses S. Grant Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (192)
Digital ID # al0192

Map of 1864 Military Campaign
Charles Sholl. Military Topographical Map of Eastern Virginia Showing the Routes Taken by Several Army Corps & the Battles Fought in the Present Campaign of 1864 Under Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant, 1864. Lithograph. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (195)
Digital ID # cw0499000

The War Takes its Toll on Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln to an unnamed correspondent, May 7, 1864. Holograph letter. On loan from a private collector (193)
Digital ID # al0193

General Sherman Reviewing his Army
William Waud. General Sherman Reviewing his Army in Savannah before Starting on his New Campaign, [December 1864–January 1865]. Pencil drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (198)
Digital ID # ppmsca-09919

Sherman’s Christmas Gift to Lincoln
William T. Sherman to Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1864. Telegraph message. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (196)
Digital ID # al0196

Abraham Lincoln to William T. Sherman, December 26, 1864. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (197)
Digital ID # al0197p1 - al0197p2

The Presidency | Healing the Nation’s Wounds

Campaign Buttons from 1864
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson campaign buttons, 1864. Tintypes with metal casings. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (217)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19434—ppmsca-19439

The Blind Memo
Abraham Lincoln. Memorandum, August 23, 1864. Holograph document. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress (204)
Digital ID # al0204, al0204p1

Nightmare of Election Defeat
Currier & Ives. Abraham’s Dream!—“Coming Events Cast Their Shadow Before.” New York: Currier & Ives, ca. 1864. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (205)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19400

Last Photograph of Lincoln
Henry F. Warren. The Latest Photograph of Abraham Lincoln, March 6, 1865. Albumen print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (207)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19192

Lincoln’s Silver Inkwell
Tiffany & Co., New York. Inkwell given to Abraham Lincoln by Charles Poston, 1865. Given to the Library of Congress by Lincoln’s granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Isham, 1937. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (218)
Digital ID # scsm1300

Grand Reception at the White House
Anton Hohenstein. Lincoln’s Last Reception, 1865. Hand-colored lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (214)
Digital ID # ppmsca-07593

Crowd at President Lincoln’s Second Inauguration
Crowd at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865. Albumen print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (210)
Digital ID # ppmsca-02927

Inauguration Program
Inauguration Program, March 4, 1865. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (209)
Digital ID # al0209_01–al0209_03

President Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln. Inaugural Address, 1865. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (206)
Digital ID # al0206_01 - al0206_05

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