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2 days ago · Abraham Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ən / LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
May 26, 2024 · On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief but powerful speech at the dedication of the Soldiers‘ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In just 272 words, Lincoln‘s Gettysburg Address redefined the meaning of the Civil War, articulated a vision for post-war America, and gave voice to the nation‘s deepest ideals.
6 days ago · Jeff Wallenfeldt. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning.
6 days ago · Soon after Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., he was carried across the street to a boarding house. At 7:22 the next morning, the 16th president of the United States took his last breath. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton is reported to have said, “Now he belongs to the ages.”.
May 23, 2024 · Emancipation Proclamation, edict issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that freed the slaves of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. Besides lifting the war to the level of a crusade for human freedom, the proclamation allowed the Union to recruit Black soldiers.
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May 19, 2024 · Abraham Lincoln, by name Honest Abe, the Rail-Splitter, or the Great Emancipator, (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.
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3 days ago · On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater.