Abraham Lincoln – Biography, Presidency, Civil War & Death
Abraham Lincoln was born (February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Hardin County, died on April 15, 1865, in Washington, DC) served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. He was first in selected 1860, the re-election succeeded in 1864. He was the first in the Republican Party ranks and the first to be assassinated.His presidency is considered to be one of the most important in the history of the United States: the election of the opponent of slavery prompted seven, and later four, of the slave-holding southern states to withdraw from the Union and form their own confederation, the Confederate States of America.Lincoln led the remaining northern states through the resulting civil war. He pushed through the restoration of the Union and successfully abolished slave...