Abraham Lincoln defends Armstrong, referring to a famous murder trial from 1858 (born 12 February 1809 near Hodgenville, died 15 April 1865 in Washington, D.C.) served as the 16th President of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865. First elected in 1860, he was re-elected for a second term in 1864. He was the first president from the ranks of the Republican Party and the first to be assassinated. Abraham Lincoln defended William Duff Armstrong, the son of his old friend Jack Armstrong, against a charge of manslaughter in the death of James Preston Metzker. Lincoln won the case by using an almanac of the phases of the moon to prove that a witness for the prosecution had given false testimony, an authentic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the illustration unknown, historical
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Abraham Lincoln defends Armstrong, referring to a famous murder trial from 1858 (born 12 February 1809 near Hodgenville, died 15 April 1865 in Washington, D.C.) served as the 16th President of the United States of America from 1861 to 1865. First elected in 1860, he was re-elected for a second term in 1864. He was the first president from the ranks of the Republican Party and the first to be assassinated. Abraham Lincoln defended William Duff Armstrong, the son of his old friend Jack Armstrong, against a charge of manslaughter in the death of James Preston Metzker. Lincoln won the case by using an almanac of the phases of the moon to prove that a witness for the prosecution had given false testimony, an authentic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date of the illustration unknown, historical

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Aug 09, 2026

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