Over two hundred years ago a baby boy was born, his name was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 (Encyclopedia). He was born in Kentucky in a place called Hardin County (Biography). Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln were his parents (Biography). Lincoln was not the only child his parents had.
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Lincoln had two siblings, one older sister and one younger brother; their names were Sarah and Thomas (Biography). The Lincoln family nicknamed Sarah as Sally (Biography). Unfortunately, Thomas died as a baby (Biography). Their father was a pioneer and was well liked by the community (Biography). In 1817, the family moved to Indiana because of a “land dispute” (Biography).
After the family moved they had a terrible hardship come upon them. Lincoln was nine years old when his mother died; a few months later his father married a widow named Sarah Bush Johnston. Sarah Johnston had three children of her own. Sarah was a kind person and treated the Lincoln children well. “In March, 1830, the family again migrated, this time to Macon County, Illinois” (Biography). He was twenty-two years old when he moved to Illinois with his family then set out to make a life for himself (Biography).
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Lincoln was a tall, strong man and started out by cutting wood for a living (Biography). “Strange can mean odd or quirky, and Lincoln was certainly that” (Von Drehle). While his family went on to Coles County, he went to New Salem, Illinois (Biography). After he went to New Salem he had a series of jobs that usually kept him busy (Biography). Lincoln got married on November 4, 1842 to Mary Todd, the lady that he had fallen head over heels for (Donald, 93).
The first time Lincoln proposed to Mary, she said yes, then cha...
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To begin, President Abraham Lincoln created a name and picture for himself that everyone would remember. He had both a top hat and a large beard, so remembering what this president would look like would not be hard. Rebecca Harrison, author of Grace Bedell and the President’s Beard, explains that Abraham Lincoln, before going
At the time, Abraham Lincoln was a captain of Virginia militia living in Rockingham County. Working as a farmer on a 210-acre farm deeded from his father, John Lincoln. In that same year, Abraham Lincoln took many Cherokee tribes in marches and fights. It was a time of fighting for the red and white men. To the north and east were the white men and to the south and west were the red men. Amos Lincoln went on a British ship and dumped a cargo of tea overboard to show their dominance. Now Abraham Lincoln had married a woman named Bathsheba Herring. She had three sons; Mordecai, Josiah, and Thomas and two daughters; Mary and Nancy. In the year 1782, Abraham and his family moved to
leading up to and surrounding President Abraham Lincoln’s death. The purpose of this book is to
Heidler, David Stephen, and Jeanne T. Heidler, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: a
Abraham Lincoln was born in February 12, 1809 three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Born of humble origins in a farmer family, he lost his mother at a young age and received minimum education during his younger years. Nevertheless, according to stories from his family and friends he loved to read and spent long periods of time reading. His cousin, Denis Hanks onc...
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Book Title: The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Contributors: Robin Higham - editor, Steven E. Woodworth - editor. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1996
Abraham Lincoln came from humble beginnings. He was born in Kentucky, in a log cabin on February 12, 1809 (Bio.com 1). His father’s name was Thomas and his mother’s name was Nancy. They lived on a small plot of land in a shelter, until Thomas was able to buy the family a new home somewhere else.
Robinson, Luther E. Abraham Lincoln as a man of letters. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: R. West, 1977. Print.
Abraham Lincoln is widely regarded as “The Great Emancipator,” His legacy as the man who freed the slaves, and the savior of the Union is one that fails to be forgotten. He is thought of as a hero, and one of the few to tackle slavery, a problem that has existed in many parts of the world at one time or another. Although Lincoln is credited with ending slavery, his political motives for confronting this issue and his personal views do not make him worthy of all the recognition he receives; the driven abolitionists and daring slaves deserve a much greater portion of the credit.
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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809, in a small county in Kentucky called Hardin which is now known as Larue County. His father, Thomas Lincoln, “was a migratory carpenter and farmer, nearly always poverty-stricken” . His mother, Nancy Hanks, did not play a large role in his life as she passed away when he was nine years old. Thomas Lincoln remarried a woman named Sarah Johnston Bush, who “was a kind and affectionate stepmother to the boy” . During his younger years, Lincoln did not spend much time in school. Overall, “the scattered weeks of school attendance in Kentucky and Indiana amounted to less than a year” . Although he did not attend school, Lincoln was self-educated through books and other sources available to him. Soon after his self-education, Lin...