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Of all the ghosts in America Abraham Lincoln is sure to be the greatest. The sixteenth Presidents spirit has been seen walking the halls of the White House; it has also been seen walking near the Lincoln grave in Springfield, Illinois. Still others say they have witnessed the dead Presidents ghostly funeral train.

Lincoln was shot on April 14th, 1865. He died the next day that was just five days after the surrender of the south in the Civil War His term in office still had three years to run. Lincoln was said to have dabbled in spiritualism. Spiritualists believe that the living can talk with the dead. It was very popular in Lincolns time. Many people went to séances.

Lincolns wife Mary Todd Lincoln was also interested in spiritualism. Her interest grew after the death of her young son William. William died while the Lincolns were living in the White House. His ghost has also been reported there. Lincoln is said to have attended several séances in the White House during his time in office. At one séance a large piano was said to rise into the air when the medium touched it.

Some people also believed that Lincoln was psychic. There is also a story that he foresaw his own death in a dream. Once he reported he saw himself in a coffin. He was told that the President was killed by and assassin. He had this dream ten days before he really was killed by and assassin. On the morning of his assassination he told of another warning dream. He dreamed he was on a ship bound for and unknown place.

For many years members of the White House staff thought they heard mysterious footsteps on the second floor. They said the footsteps were made by Lincolns ghost. The first person actually to see the ghost was Grace Coolidge. She was the wife of Calvin Coolidge, the thirteenth president. Mrs. Coolidge said she saw the figure of Lincoln staring out the window of the Oval Room.

Lincolns ghost was unusually active during the terms of President Roosevelt. One of the guests at the White House was Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. One night she heard a knock at her door. When she opened it she saw the tall top-hated figure of Lincoln standing in the hall. She reported the incident the next morning to President Roosevelt who was not surprised. He said the Queens bedroom was known as the Lincoln room. He then told her that he ghost had been reported by others.

Lincolns ghost seems to have disappeared from the White House after the Truman administration. People say the reason for this was that many parts of the building were changed at that time. The White House had been in bad shape Major renovations were needed.

"I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all." ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Photograph of Lincolns Funeral..