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Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United Sates of America in 1861. Abraham Lincoln was the son of a Kentucky Frontiersman. Growing up, Lincoln struggled to earn a living and education. Abraham Lincoln was born on feb.12, 1809, in Hodgenville Kentucky and his parents were both born in Virginia into ordinary families. Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died in 1818, when she drank some tainted milk with a poisonous white snake root when he was only 9 years old. Lincoln never really liked his father Thomas Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln could not read and had trouble signing his own name; he was a stern man whom Lincoln never was fond of. Despite his father’s lack of education, Lincoln tried effortlessly to obtain knowledge throughout his numerous jobs, Lincoln worked on a farm, split rails for fences, and kept a store at new Salem Illinois, Lincoln also served as a militia captain in the black hawk war for four months in 1832.
Lincoln from his youth thought for himself and trusted his own judgment. Lincoln was a morale man, he did not drink, use tobacco or gamble, yet he never joined a church. Lincoln had no formal education and spent less than one full year in school. During this one year of schooling the pioneer schools in Indiana …show more content…
Lincoln was shot point blank in Ford’s theatre in Washington D.C while watching the play our American cousin. John Wilkes Booth had several other associates with him in what was originally going to be a kidnapping, where they would then take Lincoln to Richmond, which was the confederate capital. It was on March 20, 1865 that the kidnapping would take place, but President Lincoln was not at the spot Booth was expecting. Two weeks after the failed kidnapping, Confederate armies lost Richmond to union forces; booth became desperate to save the
Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United Sates of America in 1861. Abraham Lincoln was the son of a Kentucky Frontiersman. Growing up, Lincoln struggled to earn a living and education. Abraham Lincoln was born on feb.12, 1809, in Hodgenville Kentucky and his parents were both born in Virginia into ordinary families. Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died in 1818, when she drank some tainted milk with a poisonous white snake root when he was only 9 years old. Lincoln never really liked his father Thomas Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln could not read and had trouble signing his own name; he was a stern man whom Lincoln never was fond of. Despite his father’s lack of education, Lincoln tried effortlessly to obtain knowledge throughout his numerous jobs, Lincoln worked on a farm, split rails for fences, and kept a store at new Salem Illinois, Lincoln also served as a militia captain in the black hawk war for four months in 1832.
Lincoln from his youth thought for himself and trusted his own judgment. Lincoln was a morale man, he did not drink, use tobacco or gamble, yet he never joined a church. Lincoln had no formal education and spent less than one full year in school. During this one year of schooling the pioneer schools in Indiana …show more content…
Lincoln was shot point blank in Ford’s theatre in Washington D.C while watching the play our American cousin. John Wilkes Booth had several other associates with him in what was originally going to be a kidnapping, where they would then take Lincoln to Richmond, which was the confederate capital. It was on March 20, 1865 that the kidnapping would take place, but President Lincoln was not at the spot Booth was expecting. Two weeks after the failed kidnapping, Confederate armies lost Richmond to union forces; booth became desperate to save the