Abraham Lincoln: Railsplitter for President Elect Honest Abe His Story in my words, his words, and his peers’ words By Howard Taylor, Teacher from Illinois
Mar 26, 2015
Abraham Lincoln: Railsplitter for President
Elect Honest Abe
His Story in my words, his words, and his peers’ words
By Howard Taylor, Teacher from Illinois
1848
1862
The Beginning of the The Beginning of the StoryStory
Part OnePart One
"...he'll never come to much, fur I'll tell you he wuz the puniest, cryin'est little youngster I ever saw." Said by
Dennis Hanks
The Lincolns' rough-hewn cabin on Nolin Creek near Hodgenville, Kentucky
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Bronze sculpture at Hodginville, Ky: the
Lincoln Family
Thomas Lincoln
Lincoln Birthplace National Memorial, near Hodgenville, Ky
A young Abraham reading by the “light of the fire,” in his Indiana Family Cabin. Drawing by Lloyd Ostendorf
Lincoln Family Church “Knob Baptist Church” Hodgenville, Ky
Books that the young Abraham read “over and
over”
Abraham learns to read, Discovers George Washington. Honesty is learned
New Step-mother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln brings books to 10 year old Abe
Pastor Wheems’ Biography of George Washington with Curious Anecdotes
Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, Abraham’s Step-Mother
Thomas and Sarah’s cabin near Charleston, Illinois
Abraham the “rail splitter” and log builder
The Indiana Cabin
Lincoln the young manLincoln the young man
Part TwoPart Two
Flatboat Operator
Post Master Captain, Illinois Militia
Blackhawk War
Store Clerk and Owner
Land Surveyor
Lincoln at New Salem, and the things he did
Abraham Lincoln invention Patent # 6469 A buoyancy device to help flatboats
navigate the rivers
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
From log courthouses to the Illinois Supreme Court at Springfield
Inside the 1830’s Macon County Courthouse at Decatur
Abraham Lincoln in the 1840’s
Enter Miss Mary ToddEnter Miss Mary Todd
Part ThreePart Three
Mary Todd from Lexington, Abraham’s wife and mother of their
four boys
The Lincoln family during the Civil War
President Lincoln and Tad looking at a family scrapbook
Eddie
Willie Robert
Tad, as a teenager
Those Lincoln boys!
Abraham and Mary’s home at Springfield, Illinois
““We have been elected!We have been elected!
Part Four Part Four
Politician and Presidential Candidate, 1860
Remember Abe’s George Washington influence from Pastor Wheem’s book
President-Elect Lincoln visits his step-mother, Sarah Bush Lincoln, at Charleston before leaving for
Washington
First Inauguration: “and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter what
pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.”
“. . .this old mansion”
"She is absolute mistress of all that part of the White House inside of the vestibule on the first floor, and of all the upper floor east of the folding doors across the hall at the head of the stairs. She has had varied assistance in the management of her domain since she came
into possession of it," wrote presidential aide William O. Stoddard
A new beard, and many problems on his shoulders in
1861
A Great Civil WarA Great Civil War
Part FivePart Five
CIVIL WAR WHEN LINCOLN BECOMES PRESIDENT, 1861
The Commander and Chief
Needed: One Great Needed: One Great GeneralGeneral
Part SixPart Six
Gen. Winfield Scott
William Tecumseh
Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
President Lincoln
Pres. Lincoln and Gen. George McClellan
Gen. Ambrose Burnside
Gen. Philip Sheridan
Gen. Benjamin Butler
Pres. Lincoln and Generals in the White House
Field Commanders, Antietam
Slavery was not the Slavery was not the original issue in this waroriginal issue in this war
Part SixPart Six
Emancipation
Slavery and then Emancipation
The First Modern WarThe First Modern War
Part SevenPart Seven
The First “Modern War”
Telegraph and T-mailing,
Ironclads,
Repeater Rifles,
Air Balloons for Surveillance,
The Railroads
A New National A New National Cemetery Needs Cemetery Needs
DedicatedDedicatedPart EightPart Eight
The President riding into Gettysburg to give his short speech
The Gettysburg Cemetery
A General is FoundA General is Found
Part NinePart Nine
U.S. Grant, new General
of Union Forces
General William Tecumseh Sherman
President Lincoln entering Richmond
Ford Theatre in 1865
Villain of the century,
John Wilkes Booth
Our Nation MournsOur Nation Mourns
Part TenPart Ten
President Lincoln’s Funeral Train
One morning several days after the assassination, Tad faced up to his new situation in life. He said to a White House servant,
"Pa is dead. I can hardly believe that I shall never see him again. I must learn to take care of myself now. Yes, Pa is dead, and I am only Tad Lincoln now, little Tad, like other little boys. I am not a president's son now. I won't have many presents anymore. Well, I will try and be a good boy, and will hope to go someday to Pa and brother Willie, in heaven."
A Tomb and Five A Tomb and Five National MemorialsNational Memorials
Lincoln’s tomb, Springfield, Illinois
Gutzon Borglum’s Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
““Now he belongs to the Now he belongs to the Ages” Ages”
as Secretary Edward Stanton stated at Lincoln’s as Secretary Edward Stanton stated at Lincoln’s deathbed, after the President’s last breath.deathbed, after the President’s last breath.
Part TwelvePart Twelve
The ConclusionThe Conclusion
“. . . Now he belongs to the ages,” or the angels, as some historians think was said by Secretary of War Edward Stanton
at the death of the 16th President
Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Bi-Centennial birthday will be celebrated starting February 9, 2009.
Learn from Abraham. He was not perfect. He was a politician, but always was honorable and truthful as far as we can tell.
Historians like to write new history to say otherwise, but the results of the 16th President’s actions will stand positive in history.
Thank you for watching and listening to my Lincoln Powerpoint.
Howard Taylor, Illinois Teacher and Lincoln Scholar