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Abraham Lincoln By Lucas H

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of our country, the United States of America. He was born Febuary 12, 1809, in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln had a older sister,Sarah, and a younger brother, Thomas. In 1816 he and his family moved to Indiana. In Indiana his mother, Nancy, died, but in the following year his dad married a Kentucky widow, Sarah Bush Johsnston. In 1818 his sister Sarah died. In the year of 1830, Abraham and his family moved to Illionois. In 1831 he left home for New Salem in Sangamon county near Springfield. In New Salem, Lincoln tried various occupations and served briefly in the Black Hawk War (1832). This military interlude was uneventful except for the fact that he was elected captain in his volunteer company. Abraham Lincoln became a lawyer in 1836, and in 1837 he moved to Springfield. This is where he met his future wife, Mary Todd. Lincoln and Mary Todd (1818 –1882) were married on Novermber 4, 1842. They had four sons: Robert (1843-1926), Edward (1846-1850), William (1850-1862), and Thomas "Tad" (1853-1871). Lincoln was elected president in 1860. On April 12, 1861, South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter, and the Civil War began. The war required deployment of huge numbers of men. Lincoln chose a general named Ulysses S. Grant, to whom he gave overall command in 1864. On April 14, 1865 Lincoln attended a performance at the Ford Theatre in Washington. During the performance John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box, and shot Abraham Lincoln in the head. The next morning on April 15, 1865 at 7:22 a.m. our 16th president of the United States died. Lincoln's greatest achievements were saving the Union and freeing the slaves.