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Revision as of 18:01, 6 May 2002 by Vicki Rosenzweig (talk | contribs) (+penny; +Black Hawk War)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Abraham Lincoln was the 16th (1861-1865) President of the United States, and the first President from the Republican Party.
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Born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky, he moved at a young age to the area near Springfield, Illinois. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln's election as president triggered the secessions that led to the American Civil War; as president, he was commander-in-chief during that war. He wrote and delivered the Gettysburg Address, commemorating the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
He is credited with freeing the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation, though this only freed the slaves in areas of the Confederacy not yet controlled by the Union.
At Lincoln's Inauguration on March 4, 1861, the Turners formed Lincoln's bodyguard.
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 26, 1865.
One of the most respected and beloved presidents, Lincoln has been memorialized in many city names, notably the capital of Nebraska, with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and on the penny.
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