Abraham Lincoln was born February 12th, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in Hodgenville Kentucky. The earliest memories of Lincoln were of his home in a flash flood that washed away the corn and pumpkin seeds he had helped his dad farm.
Marriage Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd on November 4th, 1842. Mary Todd was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Todd Smith. She was born in a wealthy society in Lexington, Kentucky.
Mary was very well educated as she was fluent in French and studied literature, drama, and dance. The personalities of Abraham and Mary were different as Mary was very social and Abraham was more reserved. Mary was also accustomed to luxury, however Mary adapted to less luxury. By 1844 they purchased their first home with the help of Mary’s father.
Family life The couple welcomed their first child Robert Todd Lincoln on August 1st, 1843. The couple was unable to afford a maid so marry worked very hard to keep up with the home and family. Mary and Abraham had 4 children Robert, Edward, William, Thomas. The oldest, Robert was the only one of the children to survive into adulthood. PresidencyIn 1861 Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States.
The Republican party was built into a large national organization with the help of Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1st, 1863 which freed the slaves. Abraham Lincoln was re-elected into presidency 1864 as the Civil War was coming to an end. Lincoln’s inspiration came from this quote “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds…. “Civil WarLincoln saw the issues of the Civil War about much larger issues. While dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg the President stated “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain–that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom–and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Lincoln hoped for peace after the war encouraging the southerners lay down their guns and to reunite.DeathOn April 14 Abraham and Mary Lincoln went to a play called Our American Cousin and then Booth went into the balcony where the lincolns were sitting carrying a pistol went Abraham was watching the play booth was watching Abraham from a distance and booth shot lincoln and said “sic semper tyrannis” people thought it was a part of the play but Mary yelled “they have shot the president”
