The Emancipation Proclamation proclaimed all those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free and ordered the Union Army to treat as free all those enslaved in 10 states that were still in rebellion, thus applying to 3-4 million slaves in the U.S. Lincoln freed the slaves on Januwith his Emancipation Proclamation. Upon turning to thank my rescuer I saw it was Edwin Booth, whose face was of course well known to me, and I expressed my gratitude to him, and in doing so, called him by name." In this situation the train began to move, and by the motion I was twisted off my feet, and had dropped somewhat, with feet downward, into the open space, and was personally helpless, when my coat collar was vigorously seized and I was quickly pulled up and out to a secure footing on the platform. There was some crowding, and I happened to be pressed by it against the car body while waiting my turn. The platform was about the height of the car floor, and there was of course a narrow space between the platform and the car body. Robert recalled the incident in a 1909 letter to the editor of The Century Magazine: "The incident occurred while a group of passengers were late at night purchasing their sleeping car places from the conductor who stood on the station platform at the entrance of the car. The exact date of the incident is uncertain, but it is believed to have taken place in late 1864 or early 1865, shortly before Booth's assassination of President Lincoln. The incident took place on a train platform in New Jersey. In an odd coincidence, Lincoln's oldest son, Robert, was once saved from possible serious injury or death by Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Presidents in the nation's Over the years, Lincoln's mythical status has continued to grow, and Of victory, Lincoln was shot and killed by a Confederate sympathizer In April 1865, with the Union on the brink Slaves in the rebellious states and paved the way for slavery's eventualĪbolition, while his Gettysburg Address later that year stands as one of the His Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freed all Shrewd military strategist and a savvy leader during his tenure from 1861 to 1865Īs the 16th U.S. Contrary to expectations, Lincoln proved to be a To secede by the time of his inauguration in March 1861, and the Civil War (1861-1865)īegan barely a month later. His election pushed several Southern states Overcame several prominent contenders to win the Republican Party's Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer, shocked many when he
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