Powerful, Intense, Emotional: Lincoln’s visit to the war wounded

Father Abraham spent hours comforting the wounded of both sides near the war’s end. One of the most profoundly symbolic and emotionally intense moments of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency occurred at midday on April 8, 1865, near City Point, Va. In a move unequaled in American history, Abraham Lincoln undertook to honor the war’s wounded. Lincoln …

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