Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His birth mother, Nancy Lincoln died when Abraham was a very young boy. His father, Thomas, who was openly against slavery, married Sarah Bush Johnston to aid him in the task of raising his children. Abraham recalls that he probably would have died of malnutrition if it were not for his stepmother. During his childhood and early adolescence Abraham’s father moved his family around to many locations in hope for a better life. When asked to recall his childhood, Abraham never said much more than “It was very poor”. Though Abe attended grammar school

President Lincoln was criticized by many people about his tactics for resolving the Civil War, but like always he did not let criticisms affect his ability to govern the American people. He was reelected for a second term as President.

a few times during his adolescence, most of Lincoln’s schooling was self taught.

If leading a country through a Civil War was not enough of a burden placed on Lincoln, he had to deal with the death of this son Will Wallace too. Will was the second of Abraham’s sons to die at a young age. Lincoln’s wife Mary Todd was known to act a senile at times, and after the death of her sons, Abraham said that she never really acted the same again. Obviously, Abraham did not have that much time to spend with his family because of the War, and Mary Todd being a very high maintenance, this might have been a contributing factor to Mary Todd’s weird behavior.

The Emancipation Proclamation was declared on January 1, 1863 by President Lincoln. This declared that all slaves in Confederate States were free, but this was almost impossible to enforce due to the fact that the Confederacy did not recognize this announcement. The importance of the proclamation however, was it set up the way for the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery. The Gettysburg Address was an important speech by President Lincoln, because it was the dedication of a cemetery where thousands of Americans lost their lives. Even though the speech was only two minutes, it had a much bigger long-term effect on Americans then it did at the time of its announcement.

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