9. Lincoln's Refuge (Part II)

Place: Abraham Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldier's Home

Time: 1864

Part 2 of a 2 part series focusing on Abraham Lincoln's Cottage - the president's sanctuary during the most turbulent days of the American Civil War.

In this episode, Abraham Lincoln stargazes, recites Shakespeare to Edwin Stanton and befriends the soldiers who guard him before he & his family must evacuate their hideaway in the face of an advancing rebel army. Finally, an anonymous assassin takes aim at the President during a moonlit horseback ride.

• Visit President Lincoln's Cottage - a fabulous museum & historic site that still exists today!

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