Abraham Lincoln 2

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In 1844,
Abraham and his wife were able to purchase their own house in
Springfield. It was a one-and-a-half story frame cottage. In May 1843,
the Lincoln’s had a son and named him Robert, after the addition to the
family they made the house a full two story house. Lincoln had three
more sons Edward Baker, William Wallace, and Thomas. Edward died at
the age of three, the cause of death was either consumption or
pulmonary tuberculosis.
In 1832 Lincoln announced himself a candidate for the state
legislature but he was defeated. Then a year later he was appointed
postmaster of New Salem and in the fall he became deputy county
surveyor. He really wanted a seat in the Illinois legislature so he ran again
and was elected with bipartisan support.
Lincoln was very interested in being a lawyer, he would walk fifteen
miles just to watch the court cases in Boonville, Indiana. Lincoln got a
license to practice law after several hard years of teaching ...

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the opening three-hour
debate in Ottawa, Illinois, and there were fifteen thousand at the second
in Freeport. Douglas won the Senate race, but the debates launched
Lincoln on his own path to presidency.
In 1861, on March 4 Lincoln was inaugurated as President. Lincoln’s
first official act was the appointment of John G. Nicolay as his private
secretary. One month after he had taken office he got word that the 6th
Massachusetts Infantry was on its way to defend Washington, which had
been attacked by a Baltimore mob leaving thirteen people dead.
In May of 1861 Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas joined the
Confederacy. The first important battle of the war takes ...

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