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| Abraham Lincoln | [Frontispiece] |
| From an original, unretouched negative made in 1864, when he commissioned Ulysses S. Grant Lieutenant-General and commander of all the armies of the republic. |
| The Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln | [20] |
| This cabin was long ago torn down, but the logs were saved, and in August, 1895, it was rebuilt on the original site. |
| Rock Spring Farm, Kentucky, where Abraham Lincoln was Born | [22] |
| From a photograph taken in September, 1895. |
| Rock Spring on the Farm where Lincoln was Born | [26] |
| From a photograph taken in September, 1895. The spring is in a hollow at the foot of the gentle slope on which the house stands. |
| Fac-simile of an Invitation to a Springfield Cotillion Party | [38] |
| By special permission, from the collection of C. F. Gunther, Esq., Chicago. |
| Mary Todd Lincoln, Wife of Abraham Lincoln | [44] |
| From a photograph by Brady in the War Department Collection. |
| Abraham Lincoln early in 1861, when he First began to wear a Beard | [60] |
| From a photograph in the collection of H. W. Fay, Esq., De Kalb, Illinois. By special permission. |
| Abraham Lincoln in the Summer of 1860 | [75] |
| From a negative taken for M. C. Tuttle, of St. Paul, Minnesota, for local use in the presidential campaign. |
| Abraham Lincoln in 1858 | [100] |
| From a photograph owned by Hon. William J. Franklin, Macomb, Illinois, taken in 1866 from an ambrotype made in 1858 at Macomb. By special permission. |
| Abraham Lincoln in 1861 | [125] |
| Copied from the original in the possession of Frank A. Brown, Esq., Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| Abraham Lincoln's House at Springfield, Illinois | [156] |
| The tree in front of the house was planted by Lincoln. |
| Abraham Lincoln in 1861 | [169] |
| From a photograph by Klauber, of Louisville, Kentucky, taken especially for Mrs. Lucy G. Speed, in acknowledgment of an Oxford Bible received from her twenty years before. Reproduced by special permission of James B. Speed, Esq., of Louisville, Kentucky. |
| Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General | [187] |
| From a photograph by Brady. |
| Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy | [196] |
| From a photograph by Brady. |
| William H. Seward, Secretary of State | [201] |
| From a photograph by Brady. |
| General George B. McClellan at the Head-quarters of General Morell's Brigade, Minor's Hill, Virginia | [206] |
| From a contemporary photograph by M. B. Brady. |
| Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War | [224] |
| From a photograph by Brady. |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | [254] |
| From an original, unretouched negative made in 1864, when he was commissioned Lieutenant-General and commander of all the armies of the republic. |
| Grand Review of the Army of the Potomac by President Lincoln at Falmouth, Virginia, in April, 1863 | [271] |
| From a drawing by W. R. Leigh. |
| President Lincoln and his Son "Tad" | [287] |
| From a photograph by Brady, now in the War Department Collection, Washington, D. C. |
| John Wilkes Booth | [311] |
| From a photograph by Brady. |
| Abraham Lincoln in 1864 | [320] |
| From a photograph in the War Department Collection. |
| Fac-simile of Letter by Abraham Lincoln to Hon. Michael Hahn, first Free State Governor of Louisiana | [338] |
| By special permission of John M. Crampton, Esq., New Haven, Connecticut. |
| Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury | [356] |
| From a photograph by Brady. |