Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky in a single-roomed log cabin. He is now ranked as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States of America and had many great achievements. One of which, the abolishment of slavery, he was unable to see due to his assassination in 1865. This is the story of how Lincoln went from working on a farm in Spencer County, to the President of the United States of America, to a leader of the American Civil War and finally to his immortalisation on Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial and on millions of coins and 5 bills.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky in a single-roomed log cabin. He is now ranked as one of the greatest presidents in the history of the United States of America and had many great achievements. One of which, the abolishment of slavery, he was unable to see due to his assassination in 1865. This is the story of how Lincoln went from working on a farm in Spencer County, to the President of the United States of America, to a leader of the American Civil War and finally to his immortalisation on Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial and on millions of coins and 5 bills.