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{{Infobox_President 
| name = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| image = Abraham Lincoln head on shoulders photo portrait.jpg
| order = 16th [[President of the United States]]
| term_start = [[March 4]], [[1861]] 
| term_end = [[April 15]], [[1865]]
| successor = [[Andrew Johnson]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1809|2|12|mf=y}}
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Several elements of the initial ''[[New York Times]]'' article of [[February 23]], [[1861]] were particularly damning. Primarily, the fact that such a negative report came from an ardently Republican newspaper gave it instant credibility <ref>.Harper pg. 90</ref> - much more than it would have enjoyed if it had come from a [[Copperheads (politics)|Copperhead]] or Southern source.   When ''The New York Times'' published [[Joseph Howard, Jr.
's]]'s account of the President-elect disguised in a scotch-cap and long cloak, the nation "rocked with laughter, bringing abuse and ridicule down on Lincoln." <ref>Holzer, Harold, ''Lincoln Seen & Heard''. (University Press of Kansas, 2000.) (pg.118)</ref>.  Substantively, the Howard article was a direct assault on Lincoln's manliness. The article states that Lincoln was reluctant - viz. too scared -  to go and was only compelled to go by Colonel Sumner's i(contracted; show full)[[Category:Causes of war|American Civil War, Origins of the]]
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