Abraham Lincoln in Photos: How the Presidency Aged Him

Abraham Lincoln aged considerably during the Civil War, unsurprisingly to his loved ones. “[H]”We were in mind, body, and nerves a very different man” in 1865 than in 1861, wrote his secretary, John Hay. The war was not his only burden. He was struggling, politically and morally, with how to eradicate slavery, an issue that deeply divides the nation. And in early 1862, the death of his 11-year-old son Willie in the White House caused the President deep sadness. Photographs taken of Lincoln between 1859 and 1865 reveal how increasingly concerned he became.

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