Well done, I had no idea the Civil war started six weeks after Lincoln was elected, I can understand now why this photo is so important because it was a way for the president to use new media to reach the masses, Wouldn't you say that might be similar to the current president having a face book or FDR's fireside radio chats? In the sense that politicians will always use new media to there advantage and this piece is kinda the genesis of this for the modern media age.