Season 1, Episode 4

1. Rising Star

Abraham Lincoln's life before political stardom, from his frontier roots to his courtship of Mary Todd Lincoln, who pushed him to political heights.

2. Portrait of a Leader

Lincoln showed how poignant oration, political savvy and moral conviction could help a lawyer from Illinois ascend from obscurity to the White House.

3. A Country on the Edge

As Lincoln, the former one-term congressman, prepared to assume the presidency, the South severed itself from the United States.

4. A Proclamation

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, was his motive about moral integrity or military necessity for a struggling Union Army?

5. The Dogs of War

As the Civil War ended, Lincoln delivered the most iconic speech and piece of legislation of his career, but at great cost to his marriage and family.

6. Hope, Tragedy and the New Normal

Lincoln's wife and the country unraveled after his assassination, as his death set the stage for Civil Rights struggles.

1. Rising Star

Abraham Lincoln's life before political stardom, from his frontier roots to his courtship of Mary Todd Lincoln, who pushed him to political heights.

2. Portrait of a Leader

Lincoln showed how poignant oration, political savvy and moral conviction could help a lawyer from Illinois ascend from obscurity to the White House.

3. A Country on the Edge

As Lincoln, the former one-term congressman, prepared to assume the presidency, the South severed itself from the United States.

4. A Proclamation

When Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, was his motive about moral integrity or military necessity for a struggling Union Army?

5. The Dogs of War

As the Civil War ended, Lincoln delivered the most iconic speech and piece of legislation of his career, but at great cost to his marriage and family.

6. Hope, Tragedy and the New Normal

Lincoln's wife and the country unraveled after his assassination, as his death set the stage for Civil Rights struggles.