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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12,
1809 in Kentucky. He lived in a log cabin on the American
frontier. As a boy Lincoln loved to read. When he grew up he
became a lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the
sixteenth President of the United States. During his
Presidency, the Union States and the Confederate States
fought in the Civil War. The North (Union) wanted to abolish
slavery, but the South (Confederacy) did not. President
Lincoln believed slavery was wrong and issued the
Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all the slaves. In
1865 the war ended and the North was victorious.
Unfortunately, not everyone was happy about the results of
the war. John Wilkes Booth was one of those people. He shot
and killed President Lincoln at Ford's Theater shortly after
the war ended. President Lincoln is most remembered for his
honesty and fairness.
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