One thing Lincoln proposed to do in his last public address was toÊ present a plan for re-construction of the states. He also proposed that they would have a national Thanksgiving to celebrate that the war was over and that the north had won.
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The Lincoln Memorial Cent was produced in massive numbers from 1959 to 2008. Coins have been minted at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mint during the course of the series.
Fort Sumter - it was one of the last two Union-controlled fortifications in Confederate South Carolina soil at the beginning of the war, and Lincoln was determined to keep it in order to show he was sincere in preserving the Union, but if he defeated the invading Confederates militarily, he might be the aggressor to a war. He opted for the middle path, and chose to send a ship with provisions instead of arms.
Many historians cite the fall of Atlanta to General Sherman's armies as one important key to President Lincoln's reelection in 1864. Atlanta was a major Southern city and important to the Southern war efforts. This created more support in the North, which was losing patience with the progress of the war. Lincoln ran against Democrat George B. McClellan. He was famous nationwide when he was a general in the Union army. Lincoln won by an Electoral College landslide as McClellan won only three states, New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky.The popular vote was closer however, yet still Lincoln won 55% of the popular vote to McClellan's 45%.
McClelland then Grant. Robert E. Lee was Lincoln's fist choice to lead the union army at the beginning of the war but, Lee said "I cannot fight against my own birthplace." So they chose Winfield Scott as commander.