Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was the 16th President of the United States.

Inaugurated in 1861, Lincoln was re-elected in 1864. He served throughout the Civil War , working to end slavery and to put the country back together after the war. Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, President Lincoln died April 15, 1865.

Additional Resources:

• Lincoln's Lasting Legacy
• Lincoln's Boyhood Home
• Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Lincoln Pennies
• What Was in Lincoln's Pockets?
• Lincoln Photos
• Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress (LOC)