Abraham Lincoln – The 15th President
Edward Publish Date: Mar. 20, 2007 President Abraham Lincoln, regarded as one of the greatest leaders in American history, left an indelible mark on the United States during his presidency from…
Emancipation Proclamation that diclared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863
Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: “In your hands, my disatisfied fellow countryman, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not…
Lincoln thought secession ellegal, and was willing to use force to defend Federal law and the Union
When Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter and forced its surrender, he called on the states for 75,000 volunteers. 4 more slave states joined the Confederacy but four remained within…
About Abraham Lincoln
“I was born Feb. 12, 1909, in Virginia. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families–second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth…
Lincoln’s History
He married Mary Todd, and they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity. In 1958 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election,…