Abraham+Lincoln+jw

Civil War __Abraham Lincoln __ __﻿ __ Abraham Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809 and served as the 16th President of the United States of America. He led the country through its greatest internal crisis, preserveed the Union, and abolished slavery. He grew up in a poor family on the western frontier, he was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, and a one-term member of the United States Huse of Representatives, but failed at two attempts at a seat in the U.S. senate. He had a wife, and four children, and was an affectionate man, altough absent often.