Abraham Lincoln

No. The only time Lincoln was near the fighting was when Confederates under General Jubal Early made a raid on Washington DC in July 1864. These Confederates entered Maryland west of Washington, circled northeast, and came down on Washington from the north, near where Walter Reed Hospital is today. The purpose of the raid was to cause Grant to detach men from his army facing Lee at Petersburg and hurry them to the defense of Washington. This came to pass as Grant sent most of two army corps hurriedly to Washington. By that stage of the war Washington was completely ringed by fortifications - imposing earthworks completely connected by trenches, with strong points called forts. The troops Grant sent were filing into these works when the Confederates arrived, and the Rebels did no more than "demonstrate" as though they might attack, and indulged in some long range firing at the Yankees in their earthworks. Lincoln went out to see the excitement. This is said to be the only time a US president has been under enemy fire. It probably never happened but one story frequently told of this incident is that Lincoln was peering over the earthworks at the Confederates when future Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., then a captain in a Massachusetts regiment, not recognizing the president, told him "Get down, you damn fool!".

Lincoln was a frequent visitor to the Union Army of the Potomac. He was visiting the army and spending time with General Grant at his headquarters near Petersburg when the Confederates tried a last gasp, desperation attack in the night of March 25, 1865. The Rebels captured a strongpoint in the Yankee fortifications called Fort Stedman, but when daylight came they were exposed to the fire of surrounding Yankees and had to surrender. Close to two thousand were taken prisoner. They were put in a stockade, and Lincoln went to take a look at these just-captured Rebels, some of whom may have recognized him. An odd moment of the war.

Andrew Johnson replaced Lincoln after Lincoln was killed.

Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth as he watched the play Our American Cousin. Booth shot him from behind and escaped over the balcony to the stage. In his fall on the stage he broke his leg because his spur got caught on the bunting on the balcony. Booth thought by killing Lincoln he could restart the civil war that ended a few days before Lincoln's death. He was wrong and the entire country was upset over the death. Lincoln's body was taken by train to Springfield Illinois to be buried. People stood for hours to view his body and pay respects to him.

They met at a dance in Springfield, IL where Lincoln lived and Mary Todd's sister lived. Mary more or less lived with her sister at the time. Mary's sister was married to Ninian W. Edwards, son of the more famous Ninian Edwards.

Abraham Lincoln didn't have good relations with his Dad. His Mother died when he was nine. His inspiration was his wife.

On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States, beating Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Party.

He was not inaugurated till 1861, and his first action was to keep the Northern slave-states from joining the Confederacy. He had to be diplomatic with these states, and certainly wasn't about to offend them by freeing their slaves.

Even when he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, he left these states out of the provisions.

Remember that Lincoln was not passionately anti-slavery. Like most Northerners, he was mainly against the extension of slavery into the new territories, and it was his refusal to agree to this that sparked the war.

When Lincoln died, his Vice-President, Andrew Johnson became President.

simple all kinds but his favorite kinds were mystery

Yes. He could give orders to the General-in-Chief (and sack him and select a replacement), though he preferred consultation.

When McClellan was dragging his feet, planning the Peninsula campaign, Lincoln said "If General McClellan does not want to use the army, perhaps I may borrow it for a while."

After McClellan was demoted from the post of General-in-Chief, there was no-one in that job for a while. In the interval before Halleck was appointed, Lincoln was effectively the supreme commander.

i think so.........maybe.

Hannibal Hamlin did not become a President, but Andrew Johnson, Lincoln's 2nd Vice President, became the President when Lincoln was assassinated.

Except in the states which actually have a Presidents' Day, we actually only honor Washington as the federal holiday is actually Washington's Birthday. Some states honor Washington and Lincoln because they are considered our two greatest presidents. Other states only honor Washington and a few states honor all past presidents.

It was Booth who killed Lincon

Abraham Lincoln was most likely a deist but some analysts have called him an atheist because he supposedly mocked Immaculate Conception and he did not believe that Jesus was the Son of God. Lincoln lived in Springfield. At the time it was a town of free thinkers. Free thinkers would not allow a minister or pastor do the thinking for them. They made the decisions for themselves based on reason.

Abraham's mother passed on her belief to Abraham that 'what will be - will be', and even God can't change it.

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They were both individuals of the homosapien species. They both ate food, drank liquids, and excreted wastes. Their bodies were composed of eukaryotic cells that required oxygen to function. Both possessed a Y chromosome and other similar genetic structure, giving them both hands, feet, eyes, brains, and spleens. They walked upright on two feet and accomplished most tasks with their hands, even using tools to help with these tasks. Oh yeah, and they both had dicks too.

John F. Parker.

no obviously he was not, cause he helped loads of people.

Everything known about Lincoln points to a very caring man, committed to serving the country he loved even at great personal expense. If you look at pictures of Lincoln before and after the war it looked as if he had aged 20 years.

Abraham Lincoln was the president during the Civil War, so he could be seen as the leader of the Union.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States so he could be seen as the leader of the Confederates.

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Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus at the beginning of the Civil War. Since Maryland was a border state and close to Washington, DC, authorities would have able to arrest anyone who attempted to cause the state to secede from the Union.

Lincoln sent Federal troops to Maryland. He made it clear that Maryland should not leave the Union.

Although there were many people in Maryland who wanted to join the South, there was not enough to bring the state into the Confederacy.

because he killed jesus christ with an egg and a spoon

Lincoln grew up in the back woods of Kentucky and boys of his time worked with their fathers as soon as they were old enough. As boys in his time got older the fathers would hire out the sons to work for other farmers in the area and it was legal to collect the wages they earned until the boy was 21 years old. This was the life of Lincoln. It was his step mother that taught him to read and that he was smart enough to do something other than to work on a farm in the woods of Kentucky. The one room cabin that Lincoln grew up in is now located in the Lincoln museum.