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  2. List of nicknames of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Ancient One, [71] a nickname favored by White House insiders because of his "ancient wisdom". Grand Wrestler, Abraham was great at wrestling and only had one recorded loss [72] The Great Emancipator [73] and The Liberator [74] for the emancipation of the slaves. The Rail-Splitter [69]

  3. Rail Splitter - Wikipedia

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    Rail splitter or railsplitter may refer to: . A person who splits logs for building fences; Nickname for Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President . Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters, the athletic program of Lincoln Memorial University, an NCAA Division II school in Harrogate, Tennessee named for President Lincoln

  4. Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    An 1865 political cartoon, The 'Rail Splitter' At Work Repairing the Union, depicting Vice President Andrew Johnson, a former tailor, and Lincoln, with Johnson saying, "Take it quietly Uncle Abe and I will draw it closer than ever", and Lincoln responding, "A few more stitches Andy and the good old Union will be mended."

  5. Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial - Wikipedia

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    It was here that Abraham split rails for his father's 10-acre (4.0 ha) field, and also "hired out" to split rails for neighboring pioneer farmers, inspiring his later political nickname, the Rail Splitter.

  6. 84th Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Tradition has it that the division traces its lineage to the Illinois militia company in which a young Captain Abraham Lincoln served during the Black Hawk War of 1832. [citation needed] The division patch was selected to honor this legacy and the division's origin in Illinois. For this reason, the alternative nickname of "Lincoln County ...

  7. Wide Awakes - Wikipedia

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    Their uniform was a full robe or cape and a military style hat, both made of black, shiny fabric. They carried a torch six feet in length to which a large flaming pivoting whale-oil container was mounted. Some carried rail-splitter axes strapped to their backs. The axes and split rails symbolized Abraham Lincoln, "the rail splitter." [7]: 47

  8. President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Full Text

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    RELATED: President Abraham Lincoln. Read below for the full text of Lincoln's address: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in ...

  9. Portal:Comedy/Selected picture/25 - Wikipedia

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    A political cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln from 1865, during the Reconstruction era of the United States, the period between 1863 and 1877 during and after the American Civil War, when the government attempted to "reconstruct" both the South and the Constitution. The cartoon is entitled "The Rail Splitter At Work Repairing the ...