Abraham Lincoln Research Paper
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States. Lincoln was the man of humble origins who dedicated his whole life in the service of the nation and its people. In 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States defeating Douglas, John Bell, and John C. Breckinridge along with Hannibal Hamlin as his running mate. As a president he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. Lincoln’s greatest contribution is towards the anti-slavery movement, which later on resulted in the freedom of the slaves from the United States history.
Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Abraham was the son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, while his …show more content…
His parents were members of a Baptist congregation, which had separated from another church due to opposition to slavery. When Lincoln was of the age of seven, his family moved to southern Indiana where Lincoln went to school with his sister Sarah for a short period of time. Later in the year 1818 his mother passed by because of milk sickness, a disease caused due to the consumption of milk of cows, which had grazed on poisonous white snakeroot. The following year his father married Sarah bush Johnston Lincoln, a mother of three children whom Abraham loved very much. Since his childhood Abraham was a very interested in reading and working in the fields. This results in a conflict with his father who was always in opposition about it. But Abraham didn’t give it up and he was constantly borrowing the books from his neighbors and persuaded his informal …show more content…
Meade, and General E. Lee were commanding the Union army and the Confederate army of the Northern Virginia. Before the battle took place major northern cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington were under the threat of attack from Lee’s Confederate Army, which had already crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. General Lee’s main interest was to take the war North and destroy the railroad bridge at Harrisburg, and then finally turn into Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington as well. After a long march the Confederate troops were spread from Chambersburg, through Carlisle, and into
Abraham Lincoln was born Sunday, February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. Abraham was the son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, while his …show more content…
His parents were members of a Baptist congregation, which had separated from another church due to opposition to slavery. When Lincoln was of the age of seven, his family moved to southern Indiana where Lincoln went to school with his sister Sarah for a short period of time. Later in the year 1818 his mother passed by because of milk sickness, a disease caused due to the consumption of milk of cows, which had grazed on poisonous white snakeroot. The following year his father married Sarah bush Johnston Lincoln, a mother of three children whom Abraham loved very much. Since his childhood Abraham was a very interested in reading and working in the fields. This results in a conflict with his father who was always in opposition about it. But Abraham didn’t give it up and he was constantly borrowing the books from his neighbors and persuaded his informal …show more content…
Meade, and General E. Lee were commanding the Union army and the Confederate army of the Northern Virginia. Before the battle took place major northern cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington were under the threat of attack from Lee’s Confederate Army, which had already crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. General Lee’s main interest was to take the war North and destroy the railroad bridge at Harrisburg, and then finally turn into Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington as well. After a long march the Confederate troops were spread from Chambersburg, through Carlisle, and into