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ABRAHAM
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PLACE OF
BIRTH AND
FAMILY
• Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, the
second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
Lincoln, in a log cabin on Sinking Spring
Farm near Hodgenville, KentuckyHe was a descendant
of Samuel Lincoln, an Englishman who migrated
from Hingham, Norfolk, to its namesake, Hingham,
Massachusetts, in 1638. The family then migrated west,
passing through New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
and Virginia Lincoln's paternal grandparents, his
namesake Captain Abraham Lincoln and wife Bathsheba
(née Herring), moved the family from Virginia to Jefferson
County, Kentucky The captain was killed in an Indian raid
in 1786. His children, including eight-year-old Thomas,
Abraham's father, witnessed the attack.Thomas then
worked at odd jobs in Kentucky and Tennessee before the
family settled in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the early
1800s.
THE SIXTEEN
PRESIDENT OF
AMERICA
Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
was an American lawyer and statesman who served as
the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his
assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through
the American Civil War the country's greatest moral,
cultural, constitutional, and political crisis. He succeeded
in preserving the Union, abolishing slaverybolstering
the federal government and modernizing the U.S.
economy
 The South was outraged by Lincoln's election, and
PRESIDENCY in response secessionists implemented plans to
leave the Union before he took office in March
1861-1864 1861. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took
the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession; by
February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.Six of these
states declared themselves to be a sovereign
nation, the Confederate States of America and
adopted a constitution. The upper South and border
states (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and
Arkansas) initially rejected the secessionist
appeal.President Buchanan and President-elect
Lincoln refused to recognize the Confederacy,
declaring secession illegal.The Confederacy
selected Jefferson Davis as its provisional president
on February 9, 1861
PRESS
ARTICLES
STATUES
HEALTH • Lincoln is believed to have
had depression, smallpox, and malaria He
took blue mass pills, which contained mercury to
treat constipation. It is unknown to what extent
he may have suffered from mercury poisoning.
• Several claims have been made that Lincoln's
health was declining before the assassination.
These are often based on photographs of
Lincolnappearing to show weight loss and
muscle wasting.It is also suspected that he
might have had a rare genetic disease such
as Marfan syndrome or multiple endocrine
neoplasia type 2B.
ASSASINATION
• John Wilkes Booth was a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland; though he
never joined the Confederate army, he had contacts with the Confederate secret service. After
attending an April 11, 1865 speech in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for blacks, Booth
hatched a plot to assassinate the President When Booth learned of the Lincolns' intent to attend a
play with General Grant, he planned to assassinate Lincoln and Grant at Ford's Theatre Lincoln
and his wife attended the play Our American Cousin on the evening of April 14, just five days
after the Union victory at the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse. At the last minute, Grant decided
to go to New Jersey to visit his children instead of attending the play.
• At 10:15 pm, Booth entered the back of Lincoln's theater box, crept up from behind, and fired at
the back of Lincoln's head, mortally wounding him. Lincoln's guest Major Henry Rathbone
momentarily grappled with Booth, but Booth stabbed him and escaped. After being attended
by Doctor Charles Leale and two other doctors, Lincoln was taken across the street to Petersen
House After remaining in a coma for eight hours, Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15. Stanton
saluted and said, "Now he belongs to the ages. Lincoln's body was placed in a flag-wrapped
coffin, which was loaded into a hearse and escorted to the White House by Union
soldiers. President Johnson was sworn in the next morning.
FUNERAL
• The late President lay in state, first in the East Room of the White
House, and then in the Capitol Rotunda from April 19 through April 21.
The caskets containing Lincoln's body and the body of his son Willie
traveled for three weeks on the Lincoln Special funeral train The train
followed a circuitous route from Washington D.C. to Springfield,
Illinois, stopping at many cities for memorials attended by hundreds of
thousands. Many others gathered along the tracks as the train passed
with bands, bonfires, and hymn singing or in silent grief.
BIBLIOGRAFY
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/
https://millercenter.org/president/lincoln
https://www.biography.com/us-president/abraham-lincoln