Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky. Lincoln associated himself with the Republican party, and was pushed to take action against the south. Lincoln's main objective was to preserve the union. After seven states seceded, they formed the confederacy, and attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Lincoln tried to reunify the nation, but was troubled after passing the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves. After setting up a naval blockage, which stopped the Souths trade, the union took over the bordering slave states which allowed the union to have an advantage over the war, ending the war in 1865.