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Abraham Lincoln's subdued first inauguration was attended by a small crowd at the U.S. Capitol. Construction on the Capitol's half-completed dome would continue throughout the Civil War. March 4, 1891. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

Abraham Lincoln's first inauguration on March 4, 1861 with crowds surrounding U.S. Capitol, which is under construction. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

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Abraham Lincoln's first inauguration on March 4, 1861 with crowds surrounding U.S. Capitol, which is under construction. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION. /nThe Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, at Washington, D.C., on 4 March 1865./nPhotographed by Alexander Gardner. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

Abraham Lincoln's delivering his second inaugural address (standing, center) on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1865, his second inauguration. His words, "With malice toward none, with charity for all" he proposed to bind up the nation's wounds in the final month of the Civil War. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION. /nCrowds lining the streets in Washington, D.C., on the day of President Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration, 4 March 1865. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

The crowd at Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration 1865 shows a rain soaked street. March 4, 1865. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

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Abraham Lincoln takes the oath of office as the 16th president of the United States administered by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1861. (AP Photo)

LINCOLN INAUGURATION, 1865. /nAbraham Lincoln (1809-1865) taking the oath of office at his second inauguration, March 4, 1865. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper after a photograph by Alexander Gardner. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

LINCOLN: INDEPENDENCE HALL. .On his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C., Abraham Lincoln speaks at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 22 February 1861 and raised the 35-star American flag. Print after a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, c1908. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865). .16th President of the United States. Photographed by the Mathew Brady studio, probably on 24 February 1861, the day after Lincoln arrived in Washington for his inauguration. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/140_1668067)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865). /n16th President of the United States. Lincoln leaving Illinois in February 1861, at the beginning of his journey to Washington, D.C., for his first inauguration. Wood engraving, American, 1868. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

LINCOLN INAUGURATION, 1865. .The second inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., 4 March 1865. Contemporary American wood engraving. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

LINCOLN: INDEPENDENCE HALL. /nOn his inaugural journey to Washington, D.C., Abraham Lincoln speaks at Independence Hall in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, on 22 February 1861 and raises the 35-star American flag. Wood engraving from a contemporary American newspaper. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, WASHINGTON DC, 4 MARCH 1861.

Inauguration of President Lincoln, Washington DC, 4 March 1861. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) delivering his inaugural address as President in front of the Capitol. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/Ann Ronan Pictures)

WHITE HOUSE: FLAG RAISING. /nPresident Abraham Lincoln raising the flag at a ceremony at the White House, surrounded by the 12th regiment of New York Volunteers, June 1861. Drawing by Alfred R. Waud. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/)

Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln greeting Union generals, Cabinet members, & others at Abraham Lincoln's last reception in 1865. Vice President Andrew Johnson, General's Sherman and Grant are among the attendees. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet, July 22, 1862. Left to right: Edwin Stanton, Salmon Chase, Lincoln, Gideon Wells, Caleb Smith, William Seward, Montgomery Blair, Edward Bates. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

"Ue Lincoln, Abraham, 12.2.1809 - 15.4.1865, US Politiker (Rep.) 16. Praesident der USA seit 4.3. 1861, ""Letzte Warnung an die Suedstaaten"", Karikatur, Harper `s Weekly, 10.10.1862, Privatsammlung, faellt den Baum Sklaverei, USA hist, Buergerkrieg, Axt, Holzfaeller, Abolitionismus, Sezessionskrieg, Harpers, 19. Jahrhundert," (KEYSTONE/INTERFOTO/Bildarchiv Hansmann)

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Commemorative print of Abraham Lincoln with the text of the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863. Print published in 1865. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

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Allegorical print of Lincoln emancipated the slaves as proclaimed on the 22nd September 1862. 1870 print commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

Cartoon about the 1864 US presidential election, favoring the Peace campaign of Democrat George McClellan, in the center between a tug-of-war over a map of the United States by Lincoln (left) and Jefferson Davis. McClellan says, The Union must be preserved at all hazards! Lincoln says, No peace without abolition. Davis says, No peace without Separati (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)

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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. .Thomas Nast's celebration of the emancipation of Southern slaves with the end of the Civil War. Wood engraving, 1865, after Thomas Nast. (KEYSTONE/THE GRANGER COLLECTION/140_1711201)

The Civil War. The manuscript of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be declared free. September 22, 1862. (KEYSTONE/Everett Collection/)