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------one of the greatest U.S. presidents. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809- April 15, 1865) Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He served as President from March 4, 1861, until April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He had very little formal schooling and was mostly self-educated. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician; he earned the nickname Honest Abe. Lincoln married Mary Todd in 1842;they had four sons, but only one survived childhood. Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad Six weeks after becoming President, the Civil War began. In this war, the Northern states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the Confederacy). The Civil War lasted from 1861 until 1865 After deftly opposing the expansion of slavery in the United States in his campaign debates and speeches, Lincoln secured the Republican nomination and was elected president in 1860. He issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoted the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery. Abraham Lincoln and his blacks assistant First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln Lincoln was re-elected President in 1864. Fellow-Citizens of the United States: In compliance with a custom as old as the Government itself, I appearbefore you to address you briefly and to take in your presence the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States to be taken by the President before he enters on the execution of this office. I do not consider it necessary at present for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety or excitement. Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are