The Mysterious Mr. LincolnThe Mysterious Mr. Lincoln

Personality and Appearance• Intelligent • Gawky• Cunning• Kind• Caring

• Tall• Skinny• Beard• Known for a big hat• Wears a suit

BirthBirth• Born Feb. 12,1809• Born in log cabin• Lived for short time in Kentucky • Later moved to Knob Creek• Father moved family to Indiana • After a while they moved to Illinois because of a

deadly milk sickness.

Mother and Father

• Abraham’s mom was one of the first people in the family to die.

• Mom died of milk sickness, which is not a disease.

• Oct. 5, 1818 – Lincoln’s father married Sarah Bush Johnston.

• Because of an outspread of a deadly milk sickness, the Lincoln family set out to move to Illinois in 1830.

Lincoln is Elected• Ran against Democrat Stephan A. Douglas• Lincoln won the majority of electoral votes. • Won entirely from the help of the North• 1,865,908 votes total for Lincoln

(40% of the popular vote)• He won the electoral college and

the election.

Emancipation Proclamation• September 22, 1862, Lincoln

issued his preliminary Proclamation of Emancipation

• Formalized it January 1, 1863• Done after the 13th Amendment• Had no effect on the border

states• The Confederacy was at a

disadvantage because 3.5 million of 9.5 million slaves grew foods and fibers for the Confederate Army

Assassination

• Lincoln was shot while watching the play “Our American Cousin”.

• The assassination occurred during the 3rd act of the play.

• Lincoln was shot with a small derringer pistol.

• The audience was laughing when the assassin shot Lincoln.

• John Wilkes Booth was the assassin.• He escaped that day but was killed

12 days later resisting arrest for murder.

• Lincoln died April 15, 1865.

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eAnd we will always remember Lincoln with the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C

Our Sources

• Microsoft Encarta, 2004• Lincoln:A Photobiography by Russell

Freedman, 1987 • http://en.wikipedia.org/Abraham_Lincoln

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