3. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 near
Hodgenville Kentucky.
He was assassinated April 15, 1865 in Washington
DC.

4. The drawing to the depicts the home of Richard Berry where Thomas Lincoln and Nancy
Hanks were married at sunset on June 12, 1806. The photograph to the right depicts a
reassembled replica of the cabin purported to be Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. Lincoln was
born about dawn on Sunday, February 12, 1809, in Hardin County (now LaRue County) near
Hodgenville, Kentucky.

5.  In December 1816, as a young
boy, his family was faced with a
lawsuit challenging the
ownership of their farm, they
then moved to southwestern
Indiana.
 A few years later his mother
died in the autumn of 1818, this
was by far the saddest period of
his childhood.

6.  In 1842, struggling lawyer Abraham Lincoln
marries Mary Anne Todd.

7. Robert Todd Lincoln "Willie" Lincoln
August 14, 1873 – March 5, 1890 December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862
Edward Baker Lincoln Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850 April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871

8. In 1834, Lincoln was elected to the state legislature, in which he served four successive terms
(until 1841) and achieved prominence as a Whig. In 1836 he obtained his license as an
attorney, and the next year he moved to Springfield, where he became a law partner of John T.
Stuart. Lincoln's practice steadily increased.
First partnership was succeeded by others, with Stephen T. Logan and then with William
H. who was later to be Lincoln's biographer. Lincoln displayed great ability in law, a ready grasp
of argument, and sincerity, color, and lucidity of speech.

9. On his visit to New York In the presidential
in February 1860, the election of
fifty-one-year-old 1860, Hannibal
Lincoln posed for his Hamlin, a Senator
photograph. He appears
from Maine, ran as
tall and confident. The
Lincoln's vice
pose became known as
Lincoln's “Cooper Union” president.
photograph.
“To this place and the kindness of these people, I owe
every thing. Here I have lived a quarter of a
century, and have passed from a young to an old man.
Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I
now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may

10. Abraham Lincoln served as a volunteer in the Illinois Militia from April 21, 1832 – July 10, 1832
during the Black Hawk War. Lincoln never saw combat during his tour but was elected captain
of his first company. He was also present in the aftermath of two of the war's battles, where he
helped to bury the militia dead.
When Lincoln was mustered out of command on May 27 he re-enlisted and was reduced in
rank to private under the command of Captain Elijah Iles

11.  Lincoln depicted protecting a Native American from
his own men in a scene often related about Lincoln's
war-time service
 Lincoln had no military experience when he was
elected captain of his company but a large number of
sources have described his command ability as capable
and describing him as a popular leader.
Other negative accounts of Lincoln's ability as a military leader came in the 1870s when J.
F. Snyder interviewed several of Lincoln's men from the Black Hawk War days. Snyder
claimed the men, "never spoke of malice of Lincoln but always in a spirit of ridicule" and
that they characterized Lincoln as "indolent and vulgar", "a joke, an absurdity", and the
men "had serious doubts about his courage"

12.  On July 10, 1832 Atkinson decided he had too many men and mustered Early's
company out of service, Lincoln's military career ended less than three months after it
began.
last duty as a soldier Lincoln wrote out the company role for Lieutenant Robert
Anderson, the man who had mustered him into service in his second company under Iles.
An honorable discharge signed by Lincoln for a private under his command

13.  During his lifespan he suffered illnesses
like color
blindness, smallpox, malaria, depressio
n; he survived all these illnesses to
murdered.
 President Abraham Lincoln was shot by
John Wilkes Booth when Mr. President
& His wife had been to the Ford’s
Theatre to attend the play on April 14th
1865.
 After being in a coma for nine
hours, Lincoln died the next morning
on 15th April 1865.
 John Wilkes Booth was a well-known
actor and a Confederate spy from
Maryland.
 Abraham Lincoln was buried at Oak
Ridge Cemetery Springfield, Illinois.

14.  The first public monument to
Abraham Lincoln was a statue
erected in front of the District
of Columbia City Hall in
1868, three years after his
assassination.
 A 60 foot (18m) long sculpture
of his head is carved into
Mount Rushmore.
 The Lincoln Memorial an
American national monument
built to honor the
16th President of the United
States, Abraham Lincoln.

15.  Abraham Lincoln was one of those people
who refused to quit.
 Never stop at Failures.
 Leadership.
 Focus.

16. “All men are created equal”