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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.
Topic (s): Leaders, Civil War Leaders, Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is known for leading the nation during the Civil War, enacting the Emancipation Proclamation, and delivering the Gettysburg Address.
The son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Lincoln had to struggle for a living and for learning. Five months before receiving his party’s nomination for President, he sketched his life: “I was born ...
Abraham Lincoln: Life in Brief. By Michael Burlingame. When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, seven slave states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America, and four more joined when hostilities began between the North and South. A bloody civil war then engulfed the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union ...
Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Abraham Lincoln, (born Feb. 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Ky., U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.), 16th president of the U.S. (1861–65). Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he moved to Indiana in 1816 and to Illinois in 1830.
Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president (1861-1865), including information about the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation and his assassination.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). Prints and Photographs Collection, Library of Congress. Born in Kentucky to a frontier family who later moved to Indiana and Illinois, young Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) grew up in abject poverty.
