In the book Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America, historian and professor William Gienapp gives an amazing history of one the most loved President in United States history. While the main purpose of the book focuses on the Civil War, Gienapp starts with a finely carved picture of Lincoln 's initial life, from a dirt poor ranch kid to a government official and lawyer in Springfield, to his great …show more content…
In spite of the fact that the two had distinctive styles, yet they built up a nearby expert and individual relationship. Lincoln brought home the bacon in his initial years as a legal counselor, yet found that Springfield alone didn 't sufficiently offer work, to supplement his salary, he took after the court as it made its adjusts on the circuit to the different area situates in Illinois. Abraham Lincoln served a solitary term in the U.S. Place of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.
At the point when Abraham Lincoln reported his backing for the privilege of African Americans to vote, John Wilkes Booth, a devotee for the Southern reason, chose to assassinate him. Lincoln was killed on April 14, 1865 by a Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth at Ford 's Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln was taken from the theater to a Petersen House over the road and laid in a state of unconsciousness for nine hours prior to dying the following