[LINCOLN, Abraham].

Abraham Lincoln Carte-de-visite and "Late Lamented President Lincoln" Memorial Ribbon.

Rare carte-de-visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln presented with a "Late Lamented President Lincoln" Memorial Ribbon

$2,800.00

Out of Stock Item Number: RRB-149381

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Rare carte-de-visite portrait of Abraham Lincoln after the famous "$5 bill" photograph of Lincoln, matted and framed with a rare silk "The Late Lamented President Lincoln" Memorial Ribbon. The famous "$5 bill" photograph of Lincoln (known as O-92) was taken by Anthony Berger in Brady's Washington studio on February 9th, 1864, and of it Lincoln's son Tad later wrote: "I have always thought the Brady photograph of my father to be the most satisfactory likeness of him."The carte-de-visite measures 3.75 inches by 2.5 inches. The silk memorial ribbon measures 10 inches by 2.5 inches. Matted and framed. The entire piece measures 27 inches by 14 inches. A handsome presentation.

Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis, and in doing so preserved the Union of the United States of America, abolished slavery, and strengthened the federal government. Lincoln ran for President in 1860, sweeping the North in victory. The South was outraged by Lincoln's election, and in response secessionists implemented plans to leave the Union before he took office in March 1861. War began in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, just over a month after Lincoln's inauguration and, after years of deadly military conflict, officially ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Appomattox Court House. On April 14, 1865, just days after the war's end at Appomattox, Lincoln was attending a play at Ford's Theatre with his wife Mary when he was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln is remembered as the martyr hero of the United States and is consistently ranked as one of the greatest presidents in American history.