beautiful, poignant note that abraham linchingon sums up the war with. the legacy that he left behind and the artifacts, they are powerful, powerful pieces of the past. documents are the bedrock of makes up the 18,000 books written about linchingon. new documents come to light every time and they help piece several pieces together. you can read about the civil war and watch movies or documentaries about linchingon's life. he achieved great amazing things, but can't lose sight he is another citizen of america like us and that is a really powerful weapon. >> the thing he did for linchingon that people do not put it in the local papers as well as his own correspondence. he often ate breakfast with the president. and the president was traveling. grant's headquarters. and i think we learned more about linchingon's character, how to accept the person like brooks who was not a great titled person or extremely well known but he accepted prooks as a friend and as far as i could tell, he never caused linchingon any trouble. never caused him any trouble by begging f