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 * __Abraham Lincoln __**

A hero is someone who dosent think for himself, he thinks for others. An example, someone in the movies who says "go on with out me!"Any kind of soilder who puts his or her life on the line for others. Or someone who leads their country into a better world.That to me is a hero.

The biggest 19th century hero to me would be Abe lincoln, if you think about it he got a lot done as the Union President. A couple quick facts about Abe Lincoln is, he lived from Febuary 12, 1809 to April 15, 1865. He lived in Virgina for most of his life and he was assionated at a play. Thats where the famouse quote came from, "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?". As the Union President the main focus on his mind was slavery. Dont get me wrong, he worried about other things like American Econmy ect.Like I said earilier was that he really didn't like the idea of slavery. He passed many laws aginsted it such as the Emancipation Proclamation or the Thirteenth Amendiment.

So the main reason I think this person should be thought of as a hero is that he actually declared war on the south because he knew what he was doing is right. Not like most president's, the upcomming canadant Barack Obama, he promises to pull out of Iraq when we already know we have to stay there. I dont know, mabey its just me but this guy had his mind set on this war and freeing the slaves, and he did both.

There were two sides to the civil war, the Union (north) and the Confederates (the south). Lincoln led the Union to victory over the Rebles or the Confederates. The rebles wanted slavery to help their econmy, like growing crops. In fact at that time th south provoded 90% of cotton for England. So having slaves really help the southners. The Union, however, thought that having slaves was immoral and wanted to abloish it completely. Thats were Lincoln and his best General Ulysses S. Grant led their men and fought alot of wars. Over all winning the war and freeing the slaves is why I think Abe Lincoln is a hero.

I think Abe Lincoln' legacy would be always thought of for freeing the slaves. Even though he was a great president, freeing the slaves was proabaly one of the greatest improvement of the 19th century. He woas always remembered as a big tall tough prisdent. Who was'nt afraid to go to war. I know he would always remembered by me as one of the greatest prisdent ever. I dont know about you?