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President Lincoln dies at 7:22 a.m. At his bedside, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton remarks, "Now he belongs to the ages." Having broken his right fibula while jumping to the stage at Ford's Theatre, Booth stops at the house of Dr. Samuel Mudd near Bryantown, Maryland, to have his leg splinted and bandaged.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809, to parents who could neither read nor write. He went to school on and off for a total of about a year, but he educated himself by reading borrowed books. When Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died.
Facts. Also Known As. The Rail-splitter • The Great Emancipator • Honest Abe. Born. February 12, 1809 • near Hodgenville • Kentucky. Died. April 15, 1865 (aged 56) • Washington, D.C. • United States. Title / Office. presidency of the United States of America (1861-1865), United States • House of Representatives (1847-1849), United ...
For the full article, see assassination of Abraham Lincoln . assassination of Abraham Lincoln, (April 14, 1865) Murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the U.S., at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. The assassination occurred only days after the surrender at Appomattox Court ...
Abraham Lincoln ( pronúncia em inglês: [ˈeɪbrəhæm ˈlIŋkən] (escutar ⓘ)) ( Hodgenville, 12 de fevereiro de 1809 — Washington, D.C., 15 de abril de 1865) foi um político norte-americano que serviu como o 16° presidente dos Estados Unidos, posto que ocupou de 4 de março de 1861 até seu assassinato em 15 de abril de 1865.
Within days of his death, his life was being compared to Jesus Christ. Lincoln was portrayed to a worshipping public as a self-made man, the liberator of the slaves, and the savior of the Union who had given his life so that others could be free. President Lincoln became Father Abraham, a near mythological hero, "lawgiver" to African Americans ...
Abraham "Abe" Lincoln, född 12 februari 1809 i Hardin County (i nuvarande Hodgenville i LaRue County) i Kentucky, död 15 april 1865 i Washington D.C. ( mördad ), var en amerikansk advokat och republikansk politiker, främst känd som USA:s president åren 1861–1865. Lincoln blev USA:s förste republikanska president och ledde nordsidan ...
