Abraham (Abe) linkoln...born 12 Feb 1809 in Kentuky on Nolin Kreek in log kabin.
died 15 Apr 1865 at 0722...shot in Fords theater the nite B4
Father=Tom L. Linkoln...liked tu tell storees.
orfan at 6. As adult join separtist branch av Baptist=anti slave
Mother=Naney Hanks ...kant reed or rite, fatalist Baptist, born in Virjinya
Abe got total av bout 1 yeer av skuelin as a kid (0 as adult)
dont drink. Erlee on kum tu hate slavery.
Abe was tall, dark, somber. Sum sae him look like deth.
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1816: Linkolns muve tu Indiana wen Abe is 7=from slave tu free state...Des 1816.
Northwest av Troy on littel Pigeon Kreek
1818: mother die (age=34), Abe is 9
1819: Tom Linkoln wed Sara Bush Jonston (with 3 kids)..."sally"
1826: Abe Linkoln take boet av produce downriver tu Nu Orleans (Age=19)
took 3 months & made 25$ from sell stuff.
1828: sister Sara die in kid birth.
March 1830: The Linkolns muve tu Illinois, neer Dekatur. Abe go even tho dont hafta.
1831: Abe get job in Nu Salem=20 miles from Springfeeld...Offut jenral store (Age=22)
1832: Abe get intu politiks...run for elekted offis=Illinois territory legislashuer.
kum in 8th=luze.
April 1832: Blak Hawk War...Abe Linkoln is kaptin av nuSalem volunteers.
Em march around a lot but never fite.
Aug 1832: Abe bi share in the jenral store. Store go broke.
1833: postmaster av Nu Salem...pae=25$/yeer [kant liv on that, not even bak then]
1834: run agin...2 av 13=get elekted tu state guvt. Him is a Wig, age=25.
state kapital is in Vandalia=south part av state.
seshun end in Feb 1835. Abe get paed 258$
Abe meet lawyer Jon Tod Stuart...later join his law firm.
1835: partner in jenral store die & leev Abe with 1,100$ debt...go bankrupt.
1836: state muve kapital tu Springfeeld, effektiv in 1839
Abe meet Mary Owens...lotta rumers if em was sweetharts
9 Sep 1836: Abe get law lisens. Him lern bi study loened law books.
April 1837: Abe muve tu Springfeeld & join Stuart law firm.
1839: Abe meet Mary Ann Todd (later em wed)
1840: Linkoln & Douglas debate as both run for state offis
4 Nov 1842: wed Mary Todd (Abe is 33). Liv in Glove Tavern...2 poor tu get hous.
Linkoln oe $ for faeled jenral store...pae it off over 16 yeers.
1 Aug 1843: baby boy=Robert
1844: Abe bi hous...1,200$
1845: baby boy=Edward
3 Aug 1846: Abe elekted tu US kongress
1855: Linkoln & Douglas formal debates as both run for US Senat.
debate 1=21 Aug 1858 in Ottowa, Ill
Douglas win lekshun. Abe get noed bi the hole kuntree.
1857: Dred Skot kase...US Supreem Kort sae slaves R propertee
& thus guvt kant restrikt slavery; insted gotta protekt slave oeners "rites"
1860: Abe Linkoln run for president as Republikan.
Vote: Linkoln =1,866,452...Linkoln win
Douglas =1,376,957
Brekinridj= 849,781
Bell = 588,879
4 Mar 1861 ...sweer in as president
12 April 1861...South Karolina troops fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston
Sivil war as reel fite start then
Mae 1862...Linkoln borro sum troops from Jenral McCellan & take Norfolk, Virjinya
23 Sep 1861...Linkoln free slaves in areas in rebelyun ginst yuenyun (Emansapashun proklamashun)
5 Nov 1862...Linkoln fire McCellan
March 1863...kongress pass first draft tu get more bodees tu fite war.
June 1863...Meed replaes Hooker as jenral in charj av army av the Potomak.
=North maen army in the eest=biggest north army.
Oct 1863 ...Linkoln appoint Grant cheef jenral av north foerses in the west.
19 Nov 1863...Gettysberg Address
Mar 1864...Linkoln appoint Grant as jenral av all north armees
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