This Week in History March 7, 1849 Lincoln is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court. March 8, 1864 President Lincoln meets General Grant for the first time, and names him commander-in-chief of all Union armies the following day. March 10, 1846 Edward Baker Lincoln, second son of Abraham and Mary, is born at home in Springfield, Illinois. Today in Lincoln's Life Lincoln's Words "I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you, is the question, "Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest generation?" --Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861

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