Of his learning method, Lincoln stated: " I studied with nobody ".

Lincoln stated that his Louisiana plan did not apply to all states under Reconstruction.

Eyewitness Lieutenant Edward Doherty, the officer in charge of the soldiers who captured Booth and Herold, stated that " the bullet struck Booth in the back of the head, about an inch below the spot where his shot had entered the head of Mr. Lincoln.

In his letter, he stated that he would step aside if the National Union Convention would nominate someone other than Lincoln.

The argument as stated by commentators Julian Lincoln Simon states that if these global-scale ecological effects exist, human ingenuity will find ways of adapting to them.

" Lincoln wrote a letter to the newly appointed general, part of which stated,

Ford Motor Company has stated that additional Lincoln models will be introduced to help replace any shortfall from the discontinued Mercury brand.

The Union commander of all armies, Henry Wager Halleck stated to Banks that President Lincoln “ regards the opening of the Mississippi River as the first and most important of all our military and naval operations, and it is hoped that you will not lose a moment in accomplishing it .” On December 4, 1862, Banks and his expedition put to sea for New Orleans.

The Shrine was at the heart of Columbus Hospital, which, as stated above, was located in Chicago ’ s Lincoln Park.

Lincoln did not propose federal laws against slavery where it already existed, but his general view of the matter was stated in his 1858 House Divided Speech, in which he had expressed a desire to " arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction.

Lincoln also helped form the Moderate Dems Working Group, a coalition of moderate Senate Democrats whose stated goal is to work with Senate leadership and the administration toward finding bipartisan solutions to controversial political issues.

Lincoln was at first enthused about the capture and reluctant to let them go, but as reality set in he stated:

Galt wrote that, despite Lincoln ’ s assurances, “ I cannot, however, divest my mind of the impression that the policy of the American Govt is so subject to popular impulses, that no assurance can be or ought to be relied on under present circumstances .” Lincoln ’ s annual message to Congress did not touch directly on the Trent affair but, relying on estimates from Secretary of War Simon Cameron that the U. S. could field a 3, 000, 000 man army, stated that he could “ show the world, that while engaged in quelling disturbances at home we are able to protect ourselves from abroad .”

Later, Lincoln teamed up with two other authors, and co-wrote the 1982 book Holy Blood Holy Grail, in which unaware they were relying on forged documents as a source, they stated as a " fact " that the Priory of Sion had existed.

In his famous " House Divided Speech " in Springfield, Illinois, Lincoln stated:

His sister's husband is quoted as saying he had received a letter from George in 1865 and that he stated Lincoln had pardoned him.

President Lincoln stated, " this Sheridan is a little Irishman, but a big fighter ", eventually became commanding General of the US Army and had many honours bestowed upon him.

Lincoln tried to force Douglas to choose between the principle of popular sovereignty proposed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the majority decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, which stated that slavery could not legally be excluded from U. S. territories ( since Douglas professed great respect for Supreme Court decisions, and accused the Republicans of disrespecting the court, yet this aspect of the Dred Scott decision was contrary to Douglas ' views and politically unpopular in Illinois ).

Given that the United States was born from revolution, Chase's words echo what had been stated by many legal scholars and politicians of the day, including Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Webster.

Lincoln stood by the Republican Party platform in 1860, which stated that slavery should not be allowed to expand into any more territories.

As President Abraham Lincoln had stated, " See what a lot of land these fellows hold, of which Vicksburg is the key!

In his book It All Started With Columbus, satirical writer Richard Armour stated that Lincoln had been born in three states and also " in two cabins-the original, and the reconstructed.

These speeches set the stage for the Lincoln-Douglas debates four years later, during which Lincoln was running for Douglas's senate seat.

Lincoln, however, responded that the Dred Scott decision had closed the door on Douglas's preferred option and left the Union with only two remaining outcomes: the United States would inevitably become either all slave, or all free.

Lincoln, in collaboration with abolitionist Congressman Joshua R. Giddings, wrote a bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia with compensation for the owners, enforcement to capture fugitive slaves, and a popular vote on the matter.

Lincoln argued that the Founding Fathers had little use for popular sovereignty and had repeatedly sought to restrict slavery.

Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.

On November 8, Lincoln won by over 400, 000 popular votes on the strength of the soldier vote and following battlefield successes at Atlanta.

But Lincoln was still popular with most members of the Republican party and the National Union Party nominated him for a second term as president at their convention in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 7-8, 1864.

From the beginning of their relationship, Mills arranged recording sessions on nearly every label including Brunswick, Victor, Columbia, OKeh, Perfect, Pathe, the ARC / Plaza group of labels ( Cameo, Romeo, Lincoln, Oriole, Domino, Jewel, Banner ), Hit of the Week, and Columbia's cheaper labels ( Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone, Clarion ) labels which gave Ellington popular recognition, as well giving Ellington's fans the opportunity of hearing multiple versions of the same song.

Harvard's most popular case studies include Lincoln Electric Co. and Google, Inc.

In August, the Democratic Party had nominated as its candidate George B. McClellan, the popular former Union army commander, and it had seemed likely that Lincoln would lose to McClellan.

( Note: President Lincoln was popular, and many cities named streets after him, so not every " Lincoln Way " is in fact the Lincoln Highway.

In 1921, the popular two step march " Lincoln Highway " was composed by Harry J. Lincoln.

Breckinridge came in third place in the popular vote, behind winner Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, and Stephen Douglas, a Northern Democrat, but finished second in the Electoral College vote.

It was completed between 1510 and 1520 in the perpendicular style that had become popular during much of the 15th century and features a walkway roughly at two thirds of the height of the tower that encircles the edges giving great views from the Wash in the east towards Lincoln in the west.

Pennsylvania Route 772 Starts in Gap about 5 blocks west from the intersection of PA 41 and US 30 along Lincoln Highway Route 772 is popular with visitors to view local farms and farm lands.

It could easily have been seen, by the most casual observer, that if Douglas was the idol of the democracy, Lincoln was the popular hero of the Republican party, which was still in its swaddling clothes.

This village is a popular stop for riders of the MoPac Trail as it is exactly 10 miles from the 84th Street trailhead in Lincoln.

* Harry J. Lincoln, early 1900s popular music composer

As the automobile became popular, the turnpike became the Lincoln Highway which brought traffic through Youngstown.

During the winter, ice fishing, ice hockey and ice skating are popular on the lake especially at Utah Lake State Park, and Lincoln Beach.

The area is becoming increasingly popular with commuters owing to its relative proximity to the nearby cities of Sheffield, Lincoln and Nottingham.

The Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss had early flying exhibition teams, with solo flyers like Lincoln Beachey and Didier Masson also being popular before World War I in the USA, but barnstorming did not become a formal phenomenon until the 1920s.