![[Detail] President Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October, 1862](../images/header_lincoln.jpg)
[Detail] President Lincoln on battle-field of Antietam, October, 1862 
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Specific artifacts (images, manuscripts, maps, sound files) with analysis tools help students think like historians about a particular historical event or phenomenon.
Abraham Lincoln Takes a National Role
Speeches, correspondence, campaign materials and a map documenting the free and slave states in 1856 chronicle Lincoln’s rise to national prominence.
Last Updated: 06/29/2009