The Heart of Lincoln

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Character study of the great Emancipator which deals with a few of the incidents of Lincoln's life. The romance features a broken love between a youth who joins the Union forces and the brother of his sweetheart, who joins the Confederate forces. The Southerner is captured, but the Union officer allows him to escape. For doing so he tried for treason and the death warrant is brought to Lincoln to sign. He pardons the boy, and the youthful sweethearts are happy again.