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16th president

built the Republicain Party into a strong national organization

January 1th he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that
declared forever dree those slaves within the Confederacy.

He won the re-election in 1864 as Union military
tri ump,hs heralded an end to the uar.

7 states: Alabama, Florida,Georiga, Louisianna,
Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas had succeded to
forn a coalition. Called the Confederate States of America.

On good Friday, April 14, 1865, _____was assassinated
at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth,
an actor, who thought he was helping the South.

Resting place: _______'s Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery,Ellinois

There's a popular Statue of him in ______ Memorial, Washington D.C, USA.

Hardin county, Kentucky

Parents born in Virginia

Mother died

Farm, splitting rails for fences, keeping store, captain
Black Hawk War.

1 lived to maturity