Abraham Lincoln in Juárez

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization.

Lincoln is remembered fondly in Mexico because of his opposition to the Mexican War while a congressman in the 1840's and his friendship with Benito Juárez while president in the 1860's.