Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia Abraham Lincoln[b] (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery
Abraham Lincoln | Biography, Childhood, Quotes, Death, Facts - Britannica Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U S —died April 15, 1865, Washington, D C ) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States
Abraham Lincoln: Facts, Birthday Assassination | HISTORY In April 1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth Lincoln’s assassination made him a martyr to the cause of
Abraham Lincoln - White House Historical Association On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping his beloved South Lincoln died the following morning at Petersen House, and with his death went the possibility of peace with magnanimity
Abraham Lincoln | The White House The biography for President Lincoln and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association Abraham Lincoln became the United States’ 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863
Lincoln Facts | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Before his death, Lincoln advocated giving African-American veterans the right to vote—the first president ever to do so Lincoln led the country through its greatest crisis, the Civil War, and was on the verge of victory when he died Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated in office
Abraham Lincoln - U. S. National Park Service In the effort to win the war, Lincoln assumed more power than any president before him, declaring martial law and suspending legal rights He had difficulty finding effective generals to lead the Union armies until the appointment of Ulysses S Grant as overall commander in 1864
Abraham Lincoln - IMDb Abraham Lincoln was an American politician from Kentucky He was the second presidential candidate of the then-new Republican Party, following John Charles Frémont (1813 - 1890) He served as President of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War