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The American Civil War Further information: Abraham Lincoln and religion Washington Crossing the Delaware December 25 1776 Emanuel Leutze (1851)[k] Washington trained as a land surveyor before he became commander of a small militia. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1836,:64 he moved to Springfield Illinois and began to practice law under John T Stuart Mary Todd's cousin.:71 79 108 Lincoln developed a reputation as a formidable adversary during cross-examinations and closing arguments He partnered with Stephen T Logan from 1841 until 1844 Then Lincoln began his practice with William Herndon whom Lincoln thought "a studious young man".:17, 2 Issues Main article: Battle of Cerro Gordo Contents.

; The traditional constraints gave way to more liberal conditions for women Patriarchy faded as an ideal; young people had more freedom to choose their spouses and more often used birth control to regulate the size of their families Society emphasized the role of mothers in child rearing especially the patriotic goal of raising republican children rather than those locked into aristocratic value systems There was more permissiveness in child-rearing Patriot women married to Loyalists who left the state could get a divorce and obtain control of the ex-husband's property. Whatever gains they had made however women still found themselves subordinated legally and socially to their husbands disfranchised and usually with only the role of mother open to them But some women earned livelihoods as midwives and in other roles in the community which were not originally recognized as significant by men. Washington D.C. Business Directory A picture of the two sarcophagi of George (at right) and Martha Washington at the present tomb at Mount Vernon.