The Life Of Abraham Lincoln

As a commander in chief lincoln was soon noted for vigorous measures, sometimes at odds with the constitution and often at odds with the idea of his military commanders.(Civil War Trust). This shows that he was very involved in the Civil War and was a very important part in the step by step plan to free the slaves. But above all, he always sought out a general, no matter how busy he was who would fight. He found such a general in Ulysses S Grant, to whom he gave overall command in 1864.(Landis). Therefore after lincoln took a less direct role in military planning, but never lost his interest. This shows that even though Abraham Lincoln had many duties and was very busy his interest never waved and he was always focused on the civil war.

When someone thinks “hero” they probably picture a burly man in a suit and cape, weaving between skyscrapers and saving small, screaming and vulnerable citizens from some evil force. Although not all heroes wear capes and fly around saving people, all heroes have a common virtue - the ability and willingness to sacrifice themselves for the good of others. Furthermore, heroes tend to follow a particular sequence of events, referred to as a “Hero’s Journey.” Abraham Lincoln was a hero because he follows Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” and was a vehicle of change for the United States of America. Lincoln grew up in a very modest setting, and lived on the edge of poverty.

Lincoln served as a great president who took on challenges head on. The biggest issue he faced was the Civil War. The Civil War was a conflict about slavery and expanding it. Lincoln’s goal was to gradually put an end to slavery however, the South did not agree with this and decided to (according to the government) rebel against the country. Doing this meant the beginning of a war where a country would fight itself. It was the North against the South. While the North was abiding to the government’s regulations they had to fight the South. After all the battles of fighting each other the Civil War went down into American History as one of their bloodiest wars. As a threat to the South Lincoln ordered the South to give in and join the Union again. He warned them that if this did not happen, he would free the slaves under their custody. He gave them a time limit for this but the South did not listen nor did they give in. As a result, Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation.

It is hard not to agree with David Herbert Donald in his biography of Abraham Lincoln. He does his best to not give his professional opinion of anything and only writes about the topics from which he has proof of. The main ideas that the author has throughout the text is greatly supported with Lincoln’s own papers and from written first-hand accounts of his generation. Donald accounts for the changes of position on slavery and the equality of blacks throughout his presidency. I think that this book is a great depiction of Abrahams Lincoln’s life.

Across time, political leaders have often been remembered for their greatness by how they faced challenges than with what particular skills or abilities they had during their time in office. This statement is known to be true as political leaders are often expected to solve certain issues or challenges when in office and if their contributions benefit the state or country. Additionally, history books, records, and scholarly journals will take note of a leader’s response to challenges, how they are handled, and if the issue is solved more than whether they adequately used certain skills and abilities to solve the problem. In short, challenges, when faced, allow the political leaders to be remembered more so than their talents.

Hofstadter is an author who criticizes many historians. In the book, “In The American Political Tradition” Hofstadter does nothing but criticize different historians. One particular historian he challenges in his writings is Abraham Lincoln. According to Hofstadter, Abraham Lincoln was “the exemplar of the self-made man,” he was a very humble man that easily pleased the people and easily attained very high political ranking, as well as success and a lot of power. Abraham Lincoln’s flaws as a president were often overlooked because many Americans felt as if he brought to life what is known to be the great American dream. Because of this, many of his good qualities were true, but yet exaggerated. In this chapter about Lincoln it was

Abraham Lincoln, Civil Rights Activist, U.S. Representative, U.S. President, and lawyer is regarded as one of America’s most successful presidents due to his incredible impact on the nation, and his views on slavery and civil rights. Abraham Lincoln, also referred to by Honest Abe, had one of the hardest jobs a president can have and that is being a war-time leader. Despite the odds, Lincoln persevered through his rough childhood and found his way into politics and later became one of America’s greatest and most respected presidents, because of all the countless sacrifices he made for our country.

Abraham Lincoln played a big part in the Civil War considering that he was the president during the time of the Civil War. He was the 16th president and the first republican president. In his first inaugural speech he tried to appeal to the southern states even though seven of them had already seceded. At the end of this speech Lincoln cleverly stated , “Shall it be peace, or the sword,”. Lincoln made the decision to go to war with the south because he felt that when they illegally seceded from the union he needed to try to keep the union together as the president.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th president of the United States. He was also known as Honest Abe and the Great Emancipator. He rose to power from humble beginnings. He spent a lot of tume working with public doing manyal labor and was known as a great story-teller among his community. Lincolnʻs first leadership role was the leader of of volunteers during the Black Hawk war. This ultimately brought him into the political realm. He was then elected into office as a state legislature of Illinois. Abraham continued to work his way up the chain of politics until he was elected as president. In his presidency he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. This eventually lead to the abolishment of slavery in the United States. Although a large

Thomas Lincoln’s father had made his way to Kentucky a dangerous and lenghty jorney through the Cumberland Gap. The Lincoln family decided to settle in Kentucky. When Thomas was a teenager his father was killed by Indians, leaving him encharge of the Lincoln household. He married a beautiful woman by the name of Nancy, and they raised a beautiful family of three children, one by the name of Abraham. Abraham was an honest and trustworthy boy and was loved by his family. They moved to Indiana, and when Abe was nine, soon after arriving, Nancy Lincoln passed away, leaving Thomas with three young children. Thomas later went on to go back to Kentucky and remarry a woman by the name of Sarah who became the mother figure in the Lincoln’s life. In the book it was made very clear that she thought a lot of Abe and believed that he should go into politics because there was never an agrument he didn’t win. This was undeniably due to his intellegence

Great leader and main topic Abraham Lincoln lived in the 1800’s where he accomplished many things in his 54 years of life. He lived in the U.S. through several major events in history and left a legacy that will never be forgotten. As the 16th president of the United States he brought about the emancipation of slavery, preserved the Union during the Civil War, and served the people. His heroic leadership was the reason for his lasting legacy.

Abraham Lincoln was a strong prez that didn’t believe in slavery and he sought out to stop it. As Abraham Lincoln tried to stop this unjust the U.S. broke out into civil war the south against the north. During the civil war Abraham Lincoln chose the best way to stop this unjust. He faced it head on.

Abraham Lincoln, also nicknamed Honest Abe, was born on February 12, 1809 in a log cabin lo-cated in Hardin County, Kentucky. His parents were Thomas Lincoln and Nancy hanks Lincoln. They eventually moved to Indiana where they worked. When Lincoln was only nine years old his mother passed away of tremetone, also known as milk sickness. Abraham and his father ended up growing farther apart and he resented the hard work placed on him at an early age. Just a year after the death of his mother, he married Sarah Bush Johnston, who was a widow with three children. Sarah encouraged Lincoln to read and because of that, he was able to receive his formal education in just 18 months. As time went on and Lincoln grew older, times changed and so did the place where he and his family lived.

What is interesting about Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War is how he had no military training or experience. As the previous paragraph pointed out, he had only been a militia captain for a war against Native Americans. From the time of March 1861, he only had an army of 16,000 soldiers (Clack, 35). He had no modern military command for these soldiers. Even his commanders didn’t ever manage an army larger than a brigade. So, Lincoln appointed volunteer generals whom were civilians.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, United States of America and died on April 15, 1865. Throughout his life, Abraham showed an excessive amount of influence on not only the U.S.A. but the whole world. I have made this biography to tell about the life of this international hero.