Abraham Lincoln
 
Abraham Lincoln
was
born
February
12th,
 
1809,
 
 
and
died
 
on
 
the
15th
April
 
1865
He
was
 
the
16th
President
 
of
 
the
United States of America.
 
He served as president
for
5 years,
 
until
his
assassination
 
by
John Wilkes Booth
 
 
 
on
 
the
15th
April
 
1865.
Lincoln
is
known
mostly
for
his
leadership
 
during
 
the
American
Civil War
 
(1861
 
 
1865)
 
 
and
for
signing the document
 
which
changed
 
the
legal
status
 
of
slaves
to
‘free’.