Clayton Campbell Mrs. Reichardt American History 15 Dec. 2003 Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809. Who could have known this poverty-stricken boy would one day grow up to be one of the most famous and most popular presidents that we would ever have. Lincoln was born in an old log cabin, his dad was a migratory carpenter and farmer and his mother Nancy Hanks died in 1818, so little is known of her. Living his early life in …showed first 75 words of 1009 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1009 total…at all during his terms in office, he still responded to all the major problems with amazing integrity. With the occasional death threat and another loss in battle he still brought the country out of its first and let's hope our last civil war. You can't help but wonder however how the country would have turned out if he didn't die so soon after the Civil War, but I guess no one will ever know.