Most people know Abraham Lincoln by his big stove pipe hat or that he was tall. There is a lot more to him than him being the 16th president. Lincoln was the head of the Civil war and he was definitely a war hero.
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 (Boritt 311). Lincoln was born on a farm in present day Hodgenville, Kentucky (Boritt 311-312). When Lincoln was born his family was very poor (Boritt 312). Lincoln had a mom and a dad, Thomas and Nancy, and a sister named Sarah (Boritt 312).
Lincoln was a self educated person (Oates 41). Lincolns family moved to Indiana in 1816 (Jordan). Lincoln’s mother died in 1818 (Jordan). One year after Lincoln’s mother died his father married a Kentucky widow (Jordan). Lincoln’s family left Indiana for Illinois in 1830(Jordan). Lincoln served briefly in the Black Hawk War in 1832(Jordan). Lincoln began his political career in 1832; he was 23 years old( Jordan). In 1837, he made his first protest against slavery (Jordan). On November 4,......

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Title: Abraham Lincoln
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