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![[Abraham Lincoln: President-elect]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXByZXNpZGVudC1lbGVjdC05YzUwOWItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/395/jpg "[Abraham Lincoln: President-elect]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
![[Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing left; first photo to show his beard]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWJ1c3QtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWxlZnQtZmlyc3QtcGhvdG8tdG8tc2hvdy1oaXMtYmVhcmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing left; first photo to show his beard]")
![[Rocca portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcm9jY2EtcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbGluY29sbi02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Rocca portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.")
![[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWxvb2tpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]")
![Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing front, January 8, 1864] / Brady, New York.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXVzLXByZXNpZGVudC1zZWF0ZWQtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LWphbnVhcnktOC0xODY0LWJyYWR5LTYxYWMwNC02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. Seated portrait, facing front, January 8, 1864] / Brady, New York.")
![[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtOWRmMGZlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/54/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]")
![[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvaW5hdWd1cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi1hdC10aGUtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC0xODYxLWZlMzNmNy02NDAuanBn/40/40/webp "[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]")
![Abraham Lincoln, [December 31, 1862] (Opinion on West Virginia Statehood)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWRlY2VtYmVyLTMxLTE4NjItb3Bpbmlvbi1vbi13ZXN0LXZpcmdpbmlhLXN0YXRlaG9vZC0xMC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "Abraham Lincoln, [December 31, 1862] (Opinion on West Virginia Statehood)")
![Abraham Lincoln, [December 31, 1862] (Opinion on West Virginia Statehood)](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWRlY2VtYmVyLTMxLTE4NjItb3Bpbmlvbi1vbi13ZXN0LXZpcmdpbmlhLXN0YXRlaG9vZC05LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Abraham Lincoln, [December 31, 1862] (Opinion on West Virginia Statehood)")
![[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvaW5hdWd1cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi1hdC10aGUtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC02NDAuanBn/40/41/webp "[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol]")
![[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvaW5hdWd1cmF0aW9uLW9mLWFicmFoYW0tbGluY29sbi1hdC10aGUtdXMtY2FwaXRvbC0xODYxLWM3NzA3Yy02NDAuanBn/40/41/webp "[Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, 1861]")
