However, this plot was ruined when Richmond fell to the Union. Instead, Booth decided to kill the president (Kauffman)
Although this was a large, 230-acre farm, only thirty acres were tillable. Abraham lived here until he was seven, helping his parents with farm chores and learning his ABCs, when he attended school for a few weeks with his older sister Sarah (McPherson)
) who was also an extraordinary natural genius in the Machiavellian orchestration of power" (10). Abraham Lincoln's Childhood: As Ewers notes, many school children know, Abraham was born in a log cabin on "Sinking Spring Farm," three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky (Stevenson; "Biographies")
From the son of simple farming folk to the sixteenth president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln would accomplish great things, in his tragically too short life, including bringing a divided nation back together and reuniting the United States. Lincoln was a "fervent idealist" (Striner 2) and the "rarest of all great men (
He guided the nation through the danger of war to peace and reunion. He fought for slavery and he reaffirmed freedom (Fehrenbacher, 2006)
LAST FULL MEASURE Although Lincoln found it personally painful to endure the loss to the country of so many American lives his commitment to the preservation of the Union would allow him to pursue no other course than that of ever more ruthless prosecution of the war. In the end his efforts were ultimately rewarded with the defeat of the Confederacy and he looked forward to reconstruction and the full restoration of the Union (Harrison, 2003)
His state papers, speeches, and letters as eloquent testimony showed his statesmanship and noble character. For decades since Lincoln's death, people have acknowledged that his life is an excellent example of a remarkable leader (Leidner, 2006)
EARLY YEARS Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky. He was the eldest son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and was named after his paternal grandfather (Norton, 1998)
However, with Thomas will and determination he became a skilled carpenter and farmer. As for the mother of Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, there is not much writing about her (Stewart-Zimmerman, 2006)
He saw the Declaration as more than a political document. To him, as well as many abolitionists and other antislavery leaders, it was, foremost, a moral document that had forever determined valuable criteria in shaping the future of the nation (Boritt)
He made concepts simple and communicated with an understanding of the common citizen. In his second inaugural address Lincoln focused on bringing the country together, " With malice toward none, with charity for all, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations" (Goodwin)
While this humanistic anti-slavery attitude influenced Lincoln from birth, he did not share in his father's religious beliefs. It is believed that a combination of his father's outspoken stance against slavery and an increasing amount of debt led to the family leaving Kentucky when Lincoln was seven years old and moving to what is now known as Spencer County in Indiana (Ketcham)
It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence" (Lincoln)
The group was asked to rank the presidents in ten categories including public persuasion, economic management, international relations and moral authority. Again Lincoln finished first (Norton)
Regardless of these extraordinary pressures, he remained brave and persevered while refusing to give in to the pressures and terminate the war early. As a result of his perseverance and determination during the war amidst hostile pressures, Lincoln fought until the Confederacy was defeated (Norton par, 2)
S. President achieves -- and his capacity to lead -- is based in part on his ability "to influence others" and to "energetically pursue objectives" that will have a lasting and profound effect on the functioning of American life (Deluga, 1998, p
224) explains that Lincoln was "Not hindered by the hubris, delusions, and inconsistencies that plagued his three chief rivals," William Seward and Edward Bates. And while both Seward and Bates "felt compelled in the final months to reposition themselves toward the center of the party, Lincoln never changes his basic stance" (Goodwin, p
Lincoln Prior to the Presidency -- Legal Work, Marriage, Domesticity Author Allen C. Guelzo (who wrote Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President) describes the young man -- recently married to Mary Todd -- who passed the Illinois State Bar Exam and began practicing law; "The look is confident, almost cocky, the hair is slicked glisteningly into place, the shirt and silk tie and vest are immaculate" (Guelzo, p
Shogan quotes from a letter Lincoln wrote afterwards to Joshua Speed: "From Louisville to the mouth of the Ohio there were on board ten or a dozen slaves shackled together with irons. That sight was a continued torment to me… [And] it is hardly fair for you to assume, that I have no interest in a thing which has, and continually exercises, the power of making me miserable" (Shogan p
On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves. Obama and Lincoln -- Parallels That Offer Greater Understanding of Lincoln An article in Newsweek (Thomas, et al