Hero+Project

Hero- A hero is a person who does something good for your country, for you, or someone you look up to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln

//1&2. Intro to your 19th Century hero.// Abraham Lincoln. He was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was elected the 16th presodent in March of 1861. He got shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865. When he got shot he was getting ready for the re-election coming up. Lincoln helped our country threw the toughest times durring the Civil War. He was the only president to get assassinated before war was over. Before Lincoln was a lawyer before he ran for the U.S. President. Lincoln was in the Republican party.

3) My person is a hero because, he helped the North threw the Civil War. He freed the slaves from the south, so they can live in peace. When he got elected. He was a lawyer before he got elected. Durring the war Lincoln moved around from battles to battles talking and visting generals and soliders. He also supervised the wins for the north too, and he stayed in contact with Ulysses S. Grant. Under his power Lincoln was in power of the border slaves. After the battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln was in Washington D.C. writting the Gettysburg Address. This address was one if the most popular at this time because he addressed that the battle of Gettysburg will be a sacred cemetary to the soliders that died at this battle. During the election of 1860 Lincoln he was running aganist William Seward and Salmon Chase. Since you already know he won the election of 1860 and helped the North through the war. By the time he took office the South was established and no leaders would be rejoining the North. In July Congress wanted to pass the Emancipation Proclamation that would free the slaves and let them live in peace, without having to be ordered around. The Proclamation wasnt going to be put into affect until September 22, 1862 until January 1, 1863. There were over one million slaves freed from the South. It came time for the re-election of 1864. It was March of 1864 and Lincoln was getting ready to get elected, and he delivered his second inaugural address at the White House. It was April 11, 1864 and he was getting ready for the re-election of 1864. He was at a play with his wife and one of his generals.