Lincoln, Abraham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM ling k n, 1809 65, 16th President of the United States (1861 65). Early Life Born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin...His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a migratory...stepmother to the boy. Abraham had almost no formal...for the Black Hawk War (1832), but the...was elected to the state legislature, in...fired upon, and the Civil War began. Although...night of Apr. 14, 1865, when attending...