desertion. During his trial‚ he was unable to prove his innocence and so was sentenced to death.Coming to his senses and realising how grave his mistake was‚ the young soldier‚ wrote a letter of repentance and appealed to the then President – Abraham Lincoln!On reading this letter and realising that the soldier was truly sorry for his mistake‚ the President granted him mercy and pardon. The soldier returned to service‚ fought bravely the war during its entirety‚ but was killed in the last battle.When
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His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this biography was to bring the past into the present for us and his students. The Life of Abraham Lincoln Although other states such as Indiana lay claim to his birth‚ most sources agree that Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ in a backwoods cabin in Hodgeville‚ Kentucky. In an interview during his campaign for the presidency in 1860 Lincoln described his adolescence as "the short and
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In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln faces a deeply divided nation in midst of a civil war. Lincoln hopes to mend fences by making a moving speech using inclusive and optimistic diction ‚parallelism‚ appeal to Common Christian‚ and substantial amount of balanced syntax. Lincoln’s optimistic diction invokes a sense of unity and establishes common ground for both‚ North and South‚ to find a compromise. Instead of using "the South" and "the North"‚ Lincoln always uses “all” to connect
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Abraham Lincoln was born February 12‚ 1809 at sunrise. His birthplace was a one-room log cabin‚ which was sixteen feet long and eighteen feet wide. The tiny cabin had only one dimly-lit window and hard-packed earth for flooring. When Abraham was six years old he and his sister Sarah walked two miles to a log cabin schoolhouse where he learned to read‚ write‚ and do arithmetic. Abe liked writing best of all and practiced it wherever he went. He wrote with charcoal on the back of a wooden shovel and
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On November 19‚ 1863 the 16th President Abraham Lincoln recited a speech long to be remembered in the great nation of America. Lincoln makes major statements throughout the duration of the speech; He also shifts from the focus of honoring the soldiers with this ground to telling the people that “we” as the people need to honor this nation by committing to its survival. In this speech Lincoln states at the end of the second paragraph “We have come to dedicate a portion of that field‚ as a final resting
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Interview with the Abe Lincoln: by:blAh What Do you think of Jefferson Davis? Well‚ first off‚ I don’t hate the man‚ even though he is President for the Confederates‚ I just believe that he has his mind in the wrong place. As you see‚ he was born and raised with slaves doing everything for him‚ and if he was told to give it up just like THAT‚ of course he would fight back on what he believes shouldn’t be taken away. What were some of the things you worked as before you became President? I worked
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Abraham Lincoln – An Unforgettable Leader February 24‚ 2013 A U.S. President that I first learned about in Elementary School‚ who still resonates in society today‚ is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln demonstrated a substantial amount of qualities that made him an admired and inspirational leader. He was best known for being a servant leader. “Servant leadership emphasizes that leaders be attentive to the concerns of their followers‚ empathize with them‚ and nurture them” (Northouse
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Abraham Lincoln Lawrence Bays Axia The University of Phoenix HIS/115 Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president for the United States of America. He was considered on of the greatest presidents because of his fight and success in getting rid of slavery. Before Lincoln was president he was a self-thought lawyer from Illinois. Lincoln was president from March 1861 until his assassination by Johns Wilkes Booth in April 1865. Abraham Lincoln had many views on slavery and not
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The Gettysburg Address is still read and significant today because it is the ideals upon which our nation was founded. Lincolns words “government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people” continues to speak for many today. At this time in the middle of the Civil War people were discouraged. Citizens needed something to believe in. In the Gettysburg Address Lincoln described the wonderful things the nation was fighting for. It was a new interpterion of American government and society. It was about
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Boyadjis 1 Lucy Boyadjis English 1H Ms. McGrover 20 October 2014 What Does it Take to be a Good Leader? Throughout history‚ there have been an endless amount of leaders that shaped the world into what it is today. Leaders like Abraham Lincoln‚ Pericles‚ Nelson Mandela‚ and countless others who changed the lives of many people around the world. But what made these figures so powerful was not just what they did‚ but how they did it. A strong leader must aid the people around them in reaching their full potential to achieve a goal
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