US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
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President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
American president Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day.
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
