Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the president and Commander-in-Chief during the American Civil War.

Early Life
He was born in Kentucky in 1809.

Service
He fought in the Mohawk War.

American Civil War
During the Civil War, he signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, to free all slaves in the Confederation of Southern States.

Death
He was assassinated at Ford's Theater in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer. He was watching Our American Cousin. He was halfway through his second term when he was assassinated.

John Wilkes Booth was killed by Boston Corbett soon after he escaped.

Trivia
John Wilkes Booth yelled Sic Semper Tyrannis (meaning thus always to tyrants), which is the state motto of Virgina, after he leapt off the balcony after killing Lincoln.