Abraham Lincoln

                                                ABRAHAM LINCOLN

"Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow.The shadow is what we think it is and tree is the real thing"

PUERILITY :

         Abraham Lincoln , an autodidact was born on February 12 , 1809 near Hodgenville , United states. His father was Thomas Lincoln ,a farmer and carpenter. His mother was Nancy Hanks Lincoln. She doomed when Lincoln was 9 years old due to tremetol on October 5 , 1818 . Lincoln had two siblings : elder Sarah and younger Thomas, he died as an infant. After the death of Nancy , Thomas Lincoln married Sarah bush Johnston, a Kentucky widow who had three children. Very soon , young Lincoln got adapted with his step mother. He was more interested in learning but his father was not supportive , it was Sarah Bush who encouraged Lincoln to learn .His early education was from nomadic teachers from whom he gained knowledge. He learnt family bibles and famous books like Robinson Crusoe, Pilgrim's progress, Aesop's Fables by borrowing books from neighbours.

                    

   In 1835, Lincoln was in relationship with Anne Rutledge but she was died at 22, because of typhoid fever. Then he got engaged to Mary Todd, first farmer lady of United States in 1840 but it was broken off. Later they got married in 1842. They had four children Robert Todd, Edward Baker, William Wallace, Thomas Tad , of this only Robert Todd survived . 

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PREMIER VOCATION:

           Lincoln initially worked as operator in store, surveyor, militia soldier. He was elected as a member of state legislature in Illinos  in 1832 but he was unsuccessful. Again he was re-elected and won in  1834, 1836, 1838, 1840. During these periods , he spended his spare time by self taughting himself legislative laws and regulations and became a lawyer. He taught himself by reading William Blackstone's commentaries on the law of England. He got the law license on september , 9, 1836. He  practiced first case before the supreme court of Illinosis. Then later Lincoln moved to Springfield , there he partnership with Stuart , cousin of his wife Mary. This bond lasted for four years. He handled huge number of cases which includes both criminal and civil cases. He hated the attrocities on slaves and wanted to abolish slavery . 

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  ▶MILITARY CAREER : 

         In 1832 , Lincoln enlisted to fight in the Black Hawk War . He was quickly elected captain of a company of volunteers . His company joined regulars under Colonel Zachary Taylor . Lincoln only served 30 days in this capacity and then signed on as a private in the Mounted Rangers . He then joined the Independent Spy Corps . He saw no real action during his short stint in the military .

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"Abraham Lincoln will take no step backward. His word has gone out over the country and the world , giving joy and gladness to the friends of freedom and progress ...... "

     

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REVAMP WORLD :

   ⦿ Unique tale of defying odds to find success : 

             The country of US was taring problem with the practice of slavery , whites owned large farms in southern states and they used to call black people to work in their field and were kept as slaves. At this difficult time, he was elected as president of US in 1860. He wanted to solve the problem of slavery and wanted all states to be united. But the southern peoples were against the abolition of slavery. He faced many problems and had  greatest struggles to protect the unity . Finally a civil war broke out between northern and southern states. He fought it bravely and declared , 

                      "A nation cannot exist half tree and half slave"

He won the war and the country remained united . He spent most of his time familiarizing law rules and regulations and started advocating later. On March 4 , 1861 , he took the position of president . Due to his antagonism of slavery , the fire of protest increased . So that , a war burst out in America and won in 6 years by Lincoln. The election of headstate held in 1860 . In Feb 1861 , he announced the exit of the union of eleven states . On Feb 8 , 1861 , the state of alabana declared that the confederate states of America would come into existence . 

                                             

" I alone cannot change the world , but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples"... 

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Concoction Factuality :

 The only president to have received a patent ,  Lincoln designed a boat that could , with inflatable devices , clear sandbars in a river . The inspiration for the invention was his observation that riverboats on the Ohio or even the Mississippi could get struck trying to cross the shifting obstacles of slit that would build up in the river . 

    Lincoln's fascination with technology extended to the telegraph . He relied on telegraphic messages while living in Illinois in the 1850s . And in 1860 he learned about his nomination as the Republican canditate via a telegraph message. On Election Day that November , he spent much of the day at a local telegraph office until word flashed over the wire that he had won . As a president , Lincoln used the telegraph extensively to communicate with generals in the field during the Civil War . 

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 Engrossing Certainty : 

•    Lincoln had never used his bedroom to slept. He used the room to conduct and perform meetings.   

•    A postage stamp had been released by the government of United States inorder to pay respect and honor to this  selfless man. 

•    Sobriquets :  The Tycon, The liberator, Spotty Lincoln, honest Abe, the ancient one, the great emancipator, the rail splitter, Illnois rail. 

•   Lincoln was more interested in dealing with machine. He invented a method for keeping vessels afloat and got patent rights in 1849. 

•    A film named  'Lincoln' was released in 2012 which says the life story of Abraham Lincoln . 

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CESSATION:

On March 4  , he was re- elected as president of United States . After a month , an event was organised to commemorate teh victory over Civil War . On April 14 , 1865 , Lincoln was assasinated while attending a play at Ford's Theater in Washington , D.C. Actor John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head before jumping onto the stage and escaping to Maryland . He died on April 15 , 1865 , in Peterson House , Washington D.C. and buried in Springfield , Illinois . On April 26 , Booth was found hiding in a barn , which was set on fire . He was then shot and killed . Eight conspirators were punished for their roles in the plot to kill the president . 

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CENOTAPH & CIVIC : 

            

   •  The Lincoln Memorial on National Mall.... 

   Lincoln's life is honoured  by many monuments , memorials and statues  -- includes Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota . One of the most famous buildings in the world , the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C. , serves as an inspiration to everyone - from Current leaders to Foreign Visitors . Themes of freedom ans unity are evident in two murals inside the chamber and the names of states etched along the outside . Inspired by Lincoln's powerful legacy , the memorial itself has become a place of gathering and demonstration . 

‣Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania:

   

    This memorial commemorates Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg National Military Park . The battle of Gettysburg was fought on the first three days of July , 1863 . The union victory is sometimes rwferred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion ", ending the hopes of confederate independence . Lincoln's Gettysburg National Military Park can tour the battlefield and cemetary and see a memorial commemorating Lincoln's famous speech . 

"     Be a Warrior , not a Worrier      "

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