“Animosity in the town [Richmond, Virginia] is abating, the inhabitants now accept accomplished facts, the downfall of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery. There still remains much for us to do, but every day brings new reason for confidence in the future.” • Abraham Lincoln
“Animosity in the town [Richmond, Virginia] is abating, the inhabitants now accept accomplished facts, the downfall of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery. There still remains much for us to do, but every day brings new reason for confidence in the future.” • Abraham Lincoln
Feb. 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865