Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Naval Cruise Book

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However, when the time was right, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation Uan. l, l 8631, turning the war into a crusade against slavery. With his immortal Gettysburg Ad- dress, Lincoln further defined the war as a struggle for the preser- vation ofthe democratic idea, de- fined by a ugovernment of the people, by the people, for the people. 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 Confed- eracy was his, and he had every right to treat the southern states with malice and contempt. In- stead, he treated them with dig- nity 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 glorified that the nation shall not perish. Abraham Lincohi will be for- ever remembered for his vital role as the leader who preserved the Union and began a process that led to the end of slavery in the United States. Master of both biblical eloquence and a home- spun vernacular, and a natural at combining practical politics with moral principles in just four short years as president Abraham Lincoln established why he IS one of the few Ameri cans who truly belongs to the ages

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Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, in a cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. His mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died in 1818, and his stepmotlttbf, Sarah Bush Johnson, inspired the ambitious but unschooled boy to discipline and educate himself. The legendary stories of Lincoln reading by firelight en- abled him to overcome a very limited formal education to become one of the greatest statesmen this country has ever known. Q By 1830, the Lincoln family had moved to Illinois. Following two trips to New Grleans on a flatboat, Lincoln settled in New Salem, Illinois, and held down modest jobs while studying law on his own. In 1835, he entered the Illinois State legislature, where he s d f ' ' ' ' erve our terms. His political career led him to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1847, but it was his eloquently stated antislavery views, expressed during his fa ' ' mous senatorial debates with Stephen Douglas, which gained Lincoln a national following. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln received the presidential nomination of the new antislavery Republican Party. Although he had stated a willingness to tolerate slavery where it existed, Lincoln's election h ' as t e sixteenth president ofthe United States on November 6, 18 ' ' ' 60 precipitated the secession ofthe southern states and the formation of the Confederacy. In the years ofthe Civil War th t f l a o lowed, the inexperienced Lincoln proved to be one ofthe most extraordinary political d an moral leaders the nation has ever seen. He first defined the war as a fight over secession rather than slavery.

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