Life and Legacy of Abraham Lincoln Part: 2 | Foundations of Freedom Ep. 9 | The GDP

In this podcast we explore Lincoln’s presidency, the challenges he faced during the civil war and his assassination by John Wilkes Booth.

Resources:

Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington by Ted Wilmer
https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Verge-Thirteen-Days-Washington/dp/1476739447/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=431252993466&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9010756&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=1369976867080435643&hvtargid=kwd-881603356994&hydadcr=21727_9444765&keywords=lincoln+on+the+verge&qid=1683737268&sr=8-1

Learn More about Lincoln’s life
https://www.loc.gov/collections/abraham-lincoln-papers/articles-and-essays/timeline/

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Outline
1:30: The interesting life of Lincoln before his presidency
3:00: Lincoln struggled with depression for most of his life.
5:00: Lincoln sympathized with many people in hardship.
7:00: Lincoln’s journey to Washington from Springfield
8:15: Divergent plan from original route during journey because of assassination attempts.
10:00 Lincoln’s will to win right out of the gate–handling so much at once
11:00 Not a career politician
15:15: The bombing of Fort Sumter
19:00: Lincoln’s capacity to maintain difficult relationships with his generals and leaders.
21:00 People in the Union didn’t like Lincoln because he wasn’t status quo.
25:00 Lincoln’s thoughts on keeping the union together
29:00 Quote from Lincoln on the speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
32:00 Lincoln’s courage from the start.
35:00 Good people are attacked by people on both sides of the isle.
38:00 Last paragraph of Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address.
43:00 1862 - loss of Willie, many battles being fought and loss of life, release of preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
50:45: Gettysburg address
54:00 Issued Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, which established lenient terms for former Confederates wishing to rejoin the Union
57:00 The war is officially ended
1:01:00: The citizen’s take when they hear that Lincoln was assassinated. .
1:04:00 Supporting their cause is just living in a bubble and not knowing what the people up close to the battles were feeling.
1:10:00 The Legacy of Lincoln
1:14:00 Unwavered in his countenance in all of his speeches and interactions