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American Experience

ABRAHAM AND MARY LINCOLN: A HOUSE DIVIDED As 1863 begins, the Civil War consumes the nation and criticism of Abraham Lincoln increases. Monday at 10 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

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As 1863 begins, it seems the Civil War will never end. One-hundred Union soldiers desert daily and hundreds more die of disease. Opposition to the war begins to spread. Some Northerners resent fighting to free black slaves; others are furious with Abraham Lincoln for the devastating Union casualties. Weighed down by the criticism, Abraham is desperately anxious. Mary Lincoln, worried about her husband, spends money compulsively, plunging herself into terrible debt.

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