Lincoln,Abraham

Lincoln,Abraham
Lincoln, Abraham. 1809-1865.
The 16th President of the United States (1861-1865), who led the Union during the Civil War and emancipated slaves in the South (1863). He was assassinated shortly after the end of the war by John Wilkes Booth.

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