Issued Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863. His address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863. Renominated for President at Baltimore, June, 1864. Reëlected President, November 8, 1864. Reinaugurated President, March 4, 1865. Shot by John Wilkes Booth, April 14, 1865. Died April 15, 1865. Buried at Springfield, Illinois, May 3, 1865. CONTENTS Dedication 3 Introduction 4 Illustrations 7 Chronology of Abraham Lincoln 8 CHAPTER I. LINCOLN'S BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE IN KENTUCKY. Unpromising Cradles—Site of the Log Cabin—Tangled History Untangled—Jacob S. Brother's Statement—Speaking with Authority-The Lincolns Move to Knob Creek—"The Lincoln Farm Association" 13 CHAPTER II. THE LINCOLNS MOVE TO INDIANA. Early Hardships—"Milk Sickness"—Death of Lincoln's Mother—Henry and Allen Brooner's Recollections—Second Marriage of Thomas Lincoln—Marriage of Sarah Lincoln—Redmond D. Grigsby's Recollections—Death of Sarah Grigsby—Mrs. Lamar's Recollections—Captain Lamar's Interesting Reminiscences—Honorable James Gentry Interviewed 17 CHAPTER III. INDIANA ASSOCIATES AND INCIDENTS. The Double Wedding—One of the Brides Interviewed—"The Chronicles of Reuben"—Josiah Crawford's Daughter—The Lincoln-Brooner Rifle Gun—David Turnham, the Indiana Constable—The "Revised Statutes of Indiana" 26 CHAPTER IV. THE EMIGRATION TO ILLINOIS. Preparations for Removal—Recollections of Old Acquaintances—The Old Indiana Home—Blocks from the Old House—The Cedar Tree—More Tangled History Untangled—Mr. Jones' Store—Various Experiences in Illinois—Recollections of an Old Friend 32 CHAPTER V. LINCOLN VISITS THE OLD INDIANA HOME. Lincoln an Admirer of Henry Clay—A Whig Elector—Goes to Indiana—Makes Speeches—Old Friends and Old-Time Scenes—Writes a Poem 36 CHAPTER VI. LINCOLN AND THE ARMSTRONG CASE. Famous Law Cases—The Clary Grove Boys—The Wrestling Contest—Jack and Hannah Armstrong—Trial of Their Son for Murder—Lincoln's Tact, and the Acquittal—Letters from the Surviving Attorney in the Case—More Tangled History Untangled—Unpublished Facts Connected with Parties in the Case 39 CHAPTER VII. LINCOLN'S TEMPERANCE PRINCIPLES.