Abraham+Lincoln

__Abraham Lincoln __
Lincoln was born in a backwoods cabin on February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was the son of Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Thomas Lincoln, who later remarried Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln. He had two siblings, Sarah & Thomas. He also had three step-siblings: John, Matilda, and Elizabeth. Lincoln married his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, in 1842. They had four sons; three died at young ages. Lincoln's formal education was about 18 months of schooling. He was largely self-educated and learned most things through experience. He enjoyed townball, walking, and wrestling. He made the decision to fight, preventing our country from splitting apart. He was an unfaltering Commander in Chief during the Civil War. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which lead to the abolition of slavery. He also issued the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, the National Banking Act, and a bill that chartered the first transcontinental railroad. His speeches are among the most popular in the world. He is most famous for his address at the Gettysburg battlefield cemetery. Lincoln had no organizations/charities.