On a hilltop three miles from the White House, Abraham Lincoln paced the floors of his summer cottage thinking about his Emancipation Proclamation and pondering strategy for the Civil War. There he sought the refuge and privacy of this home to be alone with his thoughts. There he mourned the loss of his young son and escaped the throngs of visitors at the Executive Mansion.
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