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...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...education and studied law. The story of a...was elected to the state legislature, in...Hunter freeing the slaves in their military...to issue his own Emancipation Proclamation . The...night of Apr. 14, 1865, when attending...