Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Essay

Abraham as a wise and generous man that lived to read books and spend lots of time with his wife Mary Todd Lincoln and his four sons Robert Todd Lincoln, Thomas ‘Tad’ Lincoln III, William Wallace Lincoln, and Edward Baker Lincoln.

“Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His father was Thomas Lincoln, the son of an early settler in the area. His mother was Nancy Hanks. He had an older sister named Sarah. His brother, Thomas, was born in 1812 and, sadly, died that same year. When Abraham was six, he started school. He and Sarah walked several miles to the nearest school. There they learned the basics of reading and writing. But after a few months, the Lincoln children had to leave school. They were moving to Indiana where their father thought it might be easier to earn a living. Abraham enjoyed reading. From his earliest childhood, he had loved words. When he heard a new word, he would try to figure out what it meant. He would move it around in his mouth as if it were a piece of candy. Then he would use it whenever he could. In 1828, Abraham’s sister Sarah died in childbirth. She was the second important person in his young life who had died.” He found it difficult to shake off his sadness. In later years, he would lose two of his own children. Each time, he sank into a fog of hopelessness.

Lincoln was a very strange and mysterious man. He was known as a messy dresser and careless about his appearance. He was a tailor in springfield so then he could make his own clothes. Abe was a very intelligent and logical mind, he was good at approaching problems. According to “Abraham Biography” Abraham Lincoln was mostly described as a sloppy dresser, ans careless about his appearance, ub he was the beat tailor in Springfield. He had a trained I the courtroom , and a practical. Yet he was deeply superstitious and a believer.

“Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves.” He fought for the freedom for the slaves but some slaves wanted to stay with their owners. “Abraham Biography says “Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States and is regarded as one of America’s greatest heroes due to his role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves. He promised the slaves that if they fought in the war then when the war was over then they could be free, and so that’s what they did. They won the war and they got whey were promised their freedom.

Everyone could trust Lincoln, he was a bright minded man. “Abraham Lincoln was a compassionate, brilliant, courageous, determined, strong, honest–heroic words come easily to mind when we think about Abraham Lincoln. His face and profile are probably the most recognized of any American hero. Close your eyes and you can picture him immediately. He was a bright minded believer and honest man. Every one could trust him. Everyone knew him as “honest Abe”. he once said “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” Abraham Lincoln is one of the most well-respected presidents in American history. In addition to serving as president, he worked as a lawyer and was elected to the House of Representatives. Lincoln led the Union during the Civil War.”

According to Abraham Lincoln by Keira Stevenson, Abe was a traveling lawyer. Lincoln got to know the voters — and the voters got to know him. This was helpful when he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1846. Lincoln ran as a member of the Whig Party and beat the Democratic challenger by more than 1,500 votes. He was delighted to be going to Washington, D.C. He thought perhaps that was where his future lay. Mary and their two sons, Robert and Edward, went with him. Unfortunately, the capital city was a very crowded place. The four of them had to move into a single room. After only three months, Mary left with their sons to live with relatives in Kentucky.

Lincoln didn’t like slavery. He thought it was mean and cruel. “Lincoln once called slavery a ‘monstrous injustice.’ But he was not a strict abolitionist. He wanted to sit down with slave owners and reason with them. He thought slavery should be banned in any new states that entered the Union, but he did not think Congress had the power to end slavery in states where it already existed. Lincoln challenge Douglas to a series of seven debates. Both men were excellent speakers who argued their case well. As many as 15,000 people watched each debate in person. The rest of the state and the nation read about them in the newspapers.’’

Lincoln had a very little military experience in his life. He built a strong army, but he didn’t like seeing his men going to battle. Since Lincoln liked to read books, he decided to read a book on how to win a battle. He read many books on this, and he had hoped to understand the fighting in war. “Lincoln used the battle as an excuse for two major decisions. McClellan had not followed Lee as Lee had headed back into Virginia after the battle, so Lincoln decided to replace him. More importantly, Lincoln decided to call the battle a victory for the North. On September 22, 1862, the president stated he would free the slaves in any Confederate state that did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. Weeks and months passed, but no Confederate state asked to rejoin the Union. On New Year’s Day, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This freed the slaves in the Confederacy. It went into effect at midnight that night. But it did not free all slaves. Those in border states were not covered by the proclamation. They were not freed until three years later, when the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution outlawed slavery throughout the nation. Though the slaves in the Confederacy were now officially free, the war was not over. Confederate troops had started moving into the North in June 1862.”

After the war was over he took his wife to Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC for a play called Our American Cousin. A man named John Wilkes Booth. He was a well-regarded actor. Loclons guards left for a minute to get a drink and so Booth had the opportunity to kill Lincoln. Boothe snuck in behind Lincoln and shot him in the back of the head. Booth shouted “Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants!) as he jumped onto the stage and fled on horseback. Lincoln had died the next day. April 15,1865, Peterson House Washington DC.

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