Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865

*Includes all of Lincoln’s classic speeches and letters, including the House Divided Speech, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, the Inaugural Addresses, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and dozens of other speeches and letters

*Includes an appendix of several anecdotes about Lincoln written by those who knew him.

*Includes a Table of Contents.

*Includes over 30 pictures of Lincoln, his life, and work, including pictures of Lincoln at Gettysburg and a copy of the Gettysburg Address. Also includes pictures of other famous leaders and generals of the Civil War. 


Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) is one of the most famous Americans in history and one of the country’s most revered presidents. Schoolchildren can recite the life story of Lincoln, the “Westerner” who educated himself and became a self made man, rising from lawyer to leader of the new Republican Party before becoming the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln successfully navigated the Union through the Civil War but didn’t live to witness his own accomplishment, becoming the first president assassinated when he was killed at Ford’s Theater by John Wilkes Booth. 

As impressive as his presidency was, one of his most lasting legacies was his writing. In addition to masterful writing for everything from orders to his generals and condolences to the aggrieved Mrs. Bixby, his Second Inaugural Address and Gettysburg Address are considered masterpieces that rate among the greatest writings in American history. Perhaps Lincoln’s most impressive feat is that he was able to convey so much with so few words; after famous orator Edward Everett spoke for hours at Gettysburg, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address only took a few minutes. 

In the generation after the Civil War, Lincoln became an American deity and one of the most written about men in history. Understandably, all of his speeches and writings were scoured and preserved. This collection includes all of Lincoln’s classics, including the “House Divided” Speech, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, his iconic Inaugural Addresses, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. It is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and pictures of Lincoln and his life, along with other famous leaders and generals of the Civil War.