The first act of the film covers Lincoln 's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem and his early romance with Ann Rutledge , and his early years as a lawyer and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd in Springfield . The majority of the film deals with Lincoln 's presidency during the American Civil War and culminates with Lee 's surrender and Lincoln 's assassination at Ford 's Theatre
Lincoln 's assassination
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)