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. [] || **Abraham Lincoln** || The point of this story is to give you proof that Abraham Lincoln is a 19th Century Hero || http://civilwarhistory.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/abraham_lincoln.jpg || Introduction || My defintion of a hero is someone who has the courage to stand up for mankind and/or the rest of the world. || [] || The Civil War begins. || In the winter of 1860-1861 7 US States had soon declared to be a new nation. in April 12, 1861 Unoin soilders had been fired upon at Fort Sumer, South Carolina and had been forced to surrender. President Lincoln had called for 75,000 troops to recapure forts and protect capital, in this case preserve the Union. || [] || Fighting the war || 4 more states had delcared their secession including the state of Virginia and 3 more states had threatend sucession || || Gettysburg || Gettysburg was a union victory. We lost thousands of lives that day and almost 15,000 lives were wounded. The union was pushed back to Gettysburg and decided to make a stand. || ||  ||   ||   || || Lincoln's assaination || While he was viewing a play in Washington D.C. in the Forts Theater on April 14th, 1865 a man named John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln. He Believed that he was helping the south a decided to kill him. John Wilkes Booth was killed 10 days later || ||
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 * 1[[image:http://www.aboutabrahamlincoln.com/Abraham_Lincoln_photo_portrait.jpg width="119" height="156"]]
 * 2[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Abe-Lincoln-Birthplace-2.jpg width="115" height="104" caption="File:Abe-Lincoln-Birthplace-2.jpg" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Abe-Lincoln-Birthplace-2.jpg"]] || The Begining || Abraham Lincoln started out as just an ordinary kid. He was born in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. Nobody knew his future legacy yet. About 52 years later Lincoln ran for President and won. ||
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 * 5 || Emancipation Proclamation || It was a document and a law that said that slavery was then and forever illeagal and that all slaves in every state and/or terriories must be freed ||
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 * [][[image:Rocco%20Surrender.jpg width="238" height="167" caption="The Surrender - April 9th, 1865 by Keith Rocco"]] || Civil war ends || In 1865 the war was finall over around mid-april of 1965 the south finally surrendered. ||
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