Post By : 30/11/2024
Abraham Lincoln
- Date Of Birth: 12/02/1809
- Date Of Death: 15/04/1865
- Age: 56
- Cause Of Death: Assassination (a bullet wound inflicted)
- Birth Place: Laure County, Kentucky, United States
- Place Of Death: Petersen House, Washington, D.C., United States
- Wife: Mary Todd Lincoln
- Occupation: 16th President Of The United States Of America
- Children: Robert Todd Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln, Tad Lincoln
- Organizations Founded: Freedmen's Bureau, United States Department of Agriculture, National Academy of Sciences, Illinois Republican Party, Union Army Balloon Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
- How Long Was Abraham Lincoln President: 1861 - 1865 (Assassination.
- Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union; Abolishing Slavery; bolstering the Federal Government; and modernizing the U.S, economy.
- Abraham Lincoln is one of the most revered figures in American history, remembered for his leadership during the Civil War and his commitment to ending slavery. Born into poverty, Lincoln was largely self-taught and rose to prominence as a lawyer and politician. Elected as the 16th President, he navigated the Union through its greatest internal conflict, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared freedom for slaves in Confederate states.
- Lincoln also delivered the iconic Gettysburg Address, redefining the nation’s purpose. Tragically, just days after the Civil War ended, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre.
- Lincoln’s legacy endures as a symbol of equality, perseverance, and unity. He is consistently ranked among the greatest U.S. presidents in history.
- “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
- “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”
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