Elementary Composition – Day

I could know him through the book about him. The book saids he was considered one of the most famous and greatest president in American history. He was born in 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. He educated himself at home using library books, and he also trained himself to become a lawyer. He was elected sixteenth president of the United States in 1860 and also he was re-eledted in 1864. He led the United States during the Civil War, and he believed the most important goal of the Civil War was maintaining the Union. He opposed slavery. He said “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” and he issused Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing many slaves. He was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a theater performance in 1865.