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Illinois, a few months after his mothers death from a liver condition at the age

ended up serving in World War I as the commander of an artillery battle. Upon his return

In 1850 he and his family moved to Wisconsin where he lived for 5 years until his mother died. He moved with his father back to Freeport. While he was a young man he got $1,000 of inheritance money from his Grandfather and went to Michigan in an attempt to join the University of Michigan.

Abraham Lincoln was born Feb 12, 1809, in Hardin Country, Kentucky. “He was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America's greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves. His rise from humble beginnings to achieving the highest office in the land is a remarkable story.” (biography.com). When Abraham Lincoln was young, his family was poor. Everything changed after Abraham Lincoln’s mother’s death, and his father married a new wife. Thomas Lincoln’s new wife gave Abraham Lincoln the ability to go to school, and sent him back and forth everyday. After school ended, Thomas

Instead of doing anything combat related he served in the Corps of Engineers, looking over the construction of the United States’ coastal defenses. However, his service in the Mexican-American war in 1846 changed that. Being a member of General Winfield, he made himself stand out, earning three brevets for gallantry and gaining the rank of colonel from the war. After that,

In 1830, Lincoln moved with his family to Illinois and left in 1831 to find work, he got hired to build a flatboat at Sangamon Town (Hickey, 2013). A year later, he was nominated to legislature, but was defeated among thirteen candidates. Between 1833 and 1834 Lincoln was a postmaster, elected for public as a representative to The Illinois House of Representatives and bought a store in New Salem with partner William F. Berry. Already political involved he was elected for a second term in the legislature in 1836. He learned the traits of law in the office of Stuart and Dummer in Springfield, MS., began to practice law in 1839, and argued his first case in The Illinois Supreme court (White, 2009). His marriage to Mary Todd in 1842 produced four children, Robert and Edward. In 1847, Abraham Lincoln issue a resolution to President Polk on behalf of the House. The intention was to clarify if the first blood that was shed on the Mexican War was on American soil or Mexican claimed territory. Lincoln lost the U.S. senate in 1858, to his old friend Stephen Douglas. Elected to the presidency in 1860, he arrived secretly in Washington in February 23 due to treats against his life. Fort Sumter is attacked and Lincoln calls for the militia of several Union states to arms, beginning a Civil War that would last for over two years. .he is one of the most admired presidents. In February 1, 1965 Lincoln approved the thirteen amendment, abolishing slavery in the states,

After the war, he settled back in Virginia to become a lawyer. He became active in the Virginia

At the age of 23, Lincoln enlisted to volunteer in the Black Hawk War, which was a war between the United States and the native americans. The Native Americans were led by a Sauk leader known

All of his achievements include mostly of government type work. He graduated from college and classical studies classes. Also he was in the law department. “In 1859 and engaged in the practice of law; served the Confederacy as receiver of sequestered property.” Some of His major achievements were that he was a senator. Also he served on the court as a member, State Representative in 1880, and was elected as a Democrat to the Senate in 1881. However, he later resigned five years later to accept the job as the sixth circuit judge for the Unites States of

brothers had to move in with relatives, then he had no family left and had to become a man after

He enlisted for a term of 3 years, under the Continental Establishment, and joined his Regiment at West Point, New York and enrolled in the 5th Company, commanded by Captain Zebulon King, in the 7th Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Lieutenant colonel John Brooks, in General Glover’s Brigade.

With the start of the Civil War, Rutherford Hayes left a life of leisure to accept a commission as a major in the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Hayes enjoyed the rugged military life and fought bravely, receiving four wounds in action during his service.

Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and died on April 15, 1865. As a young child, Abraham lived in a log cabin in Illinois. Around the age of twelve he began working, wielding an ax, building fences, and cutting wood. Later, Abraham Lincoln married a woman named Mary Todd; together they had four children. Lincoln started his presidency on March 18, 1861, but his term was cut short on April 14, 1865, by the assassin John Wilkes Booth (Abraham).

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1820 in a small log cabin in Kentucky. He was always a very logical politically driven young man. As stated in America’s History Volume 1: To 1877 Lincoln’s political ambition was compared to “a little engine that knew no rest” (437). He practiced law growing up and became a lawyer after he served a two year term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849. Lincoln spent much of his life trying to abolish slavery. He officially declared that he was against it in his

Have you ever wondered what it's like to live as a kid not knowing you were going to be the 16th President of the United States? Growing up in a log cabin not having any type of education you would think there is no possible way you would be president. But, Fairytales do come true. February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky, Abraham lincoln was brought into this world. He tragically passed in the year of 1865 but we will learn more about that later on. To remember him and all of his glory, I'm here to talk about his Education, Family life, and accomplishments.