Mr Lincoln Americas President

Abraham Lincoln has come to be known as America's President and has really developed an almost cult following. Lincolns assassination made President Lincoln a martyr to many people and today people say he was one of the most popular presidents of all time. People are still really interested in the history and death of Abraham Lincoln and there is huge interest in John Wilkes Booth and the conspiracy that many believed existed that brought about the murder of Abraham Lincoln. Was there a conspiracy? Well we at least know that there was a group that included John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators. But how and where did this conspiracy reach to. Do you know that some people even claim that Andrew Johnson was involved in the death of Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln's Pre-Assassination Dream

Abraham Lincoln dreamed about 10 days before his assassination of his assassination. He said that in his dream he heard people crying and sobbing and he could see a coffin up at the front of the room he was in. He said that he walked up to the front of the room and looked down into the coffin and there he saw his self laying there dead. Lincoln often talked to people about the fact that he feared he would be assassinated. Is that what made him have the dream about his own assassination or did he really get a glimpse or warning of what was to happen to him.

Lincolns Last Day

As was his usual habit President Abraham Lincoln got up at 7 am on Friday , April 14th 1865. The morning was warm and the dogwoods along the Potomac were in bloom. The scent of flowers drifted through the air and President Lincoln told Secretary of State Seward to call a cabinet meeting that morning for 11 am. Lincoln also wrote a note to General Ulysses S Grant inviting him to attend the cabinet meeting.

At 8 am on that last day of his life President Lincoln sat at the table with wife Mary and his two sons Robert and Tad and ate breakfast. Mary told her husband President Lincoln that she had tickets to Ford Theater that night to see " Our American Cousin " She hoped that General Grant and his wife would go to the Theater with them.

At the 11 am Cabinet Meeting that morning some cabinet members argued that the southern leaders should be tried and punished but Lincoln said people have suffered enough. Lets just let things be. Lincoln sincerely hoped to help the south to recover and he talked about it at the cabinet meeting that morning.

At 8.30 P.M. when the Lincoln Party arrived at Fords Theater the play had already begun. President Lincoln and his party made their way up to the state box and history played out.

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The Plot To Steal Abraham Lincolns Body

And did you know that even in death President Lincoln was not allowed to be at peace. A group of men actually planned and attempted to steal President Lincolns body.

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Where Was Abraham Lincoln Born

Over the years their has been a persistent rumor that Abraham Lincoln may have in fact been illegitimate and he may not have been born in Kentucky at all. He may have been born in a small community in North Carolina. Just outside Bostic North Carolina near an area known as Puzzle Creek is where the North Carolina birthplace of Abraham Lincoln is supposedly located.

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Do you know about the legend that says that when ever America is in trouble the ghost of Abraham Lincoln puts in appearances around Washington D.C. Former US Presidents Ronald Regan, Bill Clinton, and George Bush Jr. have told of seeing the ghostly figure of Abraham Lincoln wandering the halls of the White House.

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and the first Republican President. He won entirely on his support from the north. He was not even on the ballot in 9 southern states and out of 996 counties in the south he won only 2 of those counties. Abraham Lincoln was also the first president elected from the state of Illinois. Lincolns election was one of the key things that brought about the Civil War and the downfall of the south and the slavery it supported.

Abraham Lincoln really tried everything he could to avoid war with the Confederate States of America and he was really deeply hurt by the Civil War and the thousands of young men who died on both sides in the Civil War. The Gettysburg Address Although the North or Union Forces won the battle of Gettysburg it was the bloodiest battle of the civil war and it hurt Lincolns war effort badly.

Lincoln went to Gettysburg and made the speech that has come to be known as the greatest speech ever in the history of America. Lincoln is remembered for that speech. People who saw him make it that day say it was clear to see how much the carnage and deaths of the Civil War dead really bothered Lincoln. They said Lincoln loved all Americans and he considered the boys on both sides of the Civil War to be Americans.

It is interesting to note that President Lincoln did not plan to punish the south and there have even been theories that this may have been the reason behind the decision to kill President Lincoln. it is now an accepted historical fact that there was a conspiracy involved in the death of President Lincoln but many people debate as to who was really involved in the conspiracy to kill President Lincoln. Some people have even gone as far as to say that Vice President Andrew Johnson may have been involved in the assassination of President Lincoln. What do you think about the assassination of President Lincoln. Do you think John Wilkes Booth acted along or was their a vast conspiracy that involved members of President Lincoln's own cabinet and possibly Vice President Johnson.