http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln See pictures from the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-18T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo1 In 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo2 In 1842, Lincoln married Mary Todd. Together, the pair raised four sons. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo3 Lincoln, one of America's most admired presidents, grew up a member of a poor family in Kentucky and Indiana. He attended school for only one year, but there after read on his own in a continual effort to improve his mind. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo4 As an adult, he lived in Illinois and performed a variety of jobs including stints as a postmaster, surveyor and shopkeeper, congressman, and attorney. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo5 Lincoln returned to politics during the 1850s, a time when the nation's long-standing division over slavery was flaring up, particularly in new territories being added to the Union. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo6 After abolitionist Lincoln was elected president in 1860, South Carolina and later other states created an exodus from the Union, starting the Confederate States of America. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo7 Lincoln warned, "a house divided against itself cannot stand". Succession started the Civil War which would last 5 years. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo8 Lincoln is remembered as "The Great Emancipator." In 1863, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The document freed slaves in the Confederate states. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo9 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is considered one of the very best speeches in American History http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo10 The Union under Lincoln proved victorious in the Civil War, re-uniting the Union. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo11 Lincoln was re-elected in 1864 on the National Union Party. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo12 John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate supporter, conspired to kill Abraham Lincoln. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo13 John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo14 Lincoln's unconscious body was taken next door to the Peterson House where he passed away early the next morning. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo15 Booth got away and was on the run for weeks until he was cornered at Garrett's Farm, where he was shot. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo15 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo16 Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. His body rested at the White House then in state at the Capitol rotunda . http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo16 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo17 The train carrying Lincoln's body traveled through 180 cities and seven states on its way to Lincoln's home state of Illinois, where he was buried. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo17 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo18 Months after his death an amendment was passed making slavery illegal. The Lincoln memorial was created in his honor which was the sight of the famous March on Washington for Civil Rights in 1963. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo18 http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo19 Lincoln is still known as one of the greatest presidents and is immortalized on Mount Rushmore. http://www.history.com/photos/abraham-lincoln/photo19