Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Naval Cruise Book

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!-«» ' .M Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin at Hagenville, Kentucky, a slave state, on February 12, 1809. In 18T8, when Lincoln was only 9 vears old his mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln died. His father, Thomas Lincoln, remarried and his step- mother, Sarah Bush, would exert great influence on his charac- ter . The stories of Lincoln readmg by firelight are of almost mythical proportions. With very limited formal schooling Lincoln became a master of the english language. From these meager beginnings came one of the greatest states- men this country, and this world, has ever seen. Lincoln served as a captain in the Blackhawk war, four terms in the Illinois State Legislature and one term in congress. Twice defeated for the United States Senate, he was twice elected President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln served his country during one of its most bloody and trying times. As Commander in chief , the victory of the ' Union over the Confederacy was his, and he had every right to treat the southern states wi ' th malice and contempt. He, instead, treated them with dignity and honor, gladly accepting their return to the union. He did not view them as enemies but as brothers. He did not exalt in their defeat but gloried that the nation ...shall not perish . Abraham Lincoln was a man who loved his country with a devotion which is hard to imagine. Probably his most famous speech, his Ge ttysburg address, did not speak of ending slavery but of preserving the country. He did not feel the war was about ideologies and human rights, it was a test of whether the union woula remain intact and alive. His analogy of a house divided showed eloquently that he viewed the south with the love of family. After Lincoln ' s death, the victim of an assassin ' s bullet, then Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton declared of him, Now he belongsto the ages. ■ W ' ■■ ??, w- mmbmtmim Above: Sketch of Abraham lincoln while President of the Unted States BeloiK The USS Abraham Linailn ' s Lincoln Room l ; a space on the ship dedicated to the memory ' of the 1 hth President. Rij; i(. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. . stands so all people m.u Iv reminded of this great man ' s contributions to his country. -r .- - iK .-; «9llr r