Abraham Lincoln

Commander In Chief: The Hero of the Common People It had been a long time coming. Hopelessly divided by the issue of slavery, thirty-one million American citizens were in 1860 Called upon to elect the 16th President of the United States. The Democratic Party met At its National Party Convention in Charleston, South Carolina, in order to choose their nominee for the presidency. Split over slavery, each faction, Northern Democrats on the one hand and Southern …

…Lincoln was a unique character, with identity crisis, hurts and setbacks. He was the man who fought the American Civil War through to a total triumph; he summoned all Americans, both North and South, both black and white; he was the president of the common people. He has been known as the nations greatest president. "Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone — no ancestors, no fellows, no successors." -Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton