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​ Abraham Lincoln by Landon

was fought to preserve a government "of the people,by the people, and for the people."
 * He was the 16th president of the United States. [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.jpg/245px-Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.jpg width="245" height="322" align="right" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Lincoln_head_on_shoulders_photo_portrait.jpg"]]
 * He was determined to preserve the Union, even if by force.
 * Believed the U.S. was one nation, not a collection of states.
 * On January 1,1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation
 * He wrote the Gettysburg Address, a speech that said the Civil War

He was born on February 12, 1809 and died on April 15, 1865.