The Gettysburg Address and Biography of Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He was born in a small town called Hadin County, located in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln's parents were born in Virginia. Abraham Lincoln had four children named: Robert, Edward, William and Thomas. His wife's name is Mary Todd Lincoln. Everyone in the North wanted Abraham Lincoln to be president because they didn't want slavery in their country. When Abraham Lincoln took office a month later, war broke out against the South. This war is called the Civil War. The Union army versus the Confederate army fought the battle. This battle began on April 12, 1861 at Fort Sumter located in South Carolina. Abraham Lincoln was the leader of the North, also called the Union. He wanted to end slavery in the South because he wanted every man to be treated equally. Well the South disagreed with Abraham Lincoln because he believed in slavery and he had his own country. So whatever Abraham Lincoln does in the North, it will not affect the South. Abraham Lincoln was trying to end slavery by organizing the elections of 1860. He opposed southern abolitionists. Well, the 1860 election didn't go as planned, the South refused to end slavery and didn't care what Abraham Lincoln had to say about it. The southern general at this time was Robert E. Lee. He was a great general, but Abraham Lincoln was much better than he ever was. Abraham Lincoln came up with a plan since the South did not want to end slavery. Abraham Lincoln was going to block the Atlantic Ocean so that the South would not trade with other countries in the world... middle of paper ......cated -- we cannot devote -- we cannot sanctify -- this ground. The courageous men, living and dead, who fought here, have consecrated it, far beyond our poor power to add or subtract. The world will hardly notice or long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Rather, it is up to us, the living, to devote ourselves here to the unfinished work that those who fought here have so nobly advanced thus far. It is rather for us to be here devoted to the great task which remains for us to accomplish - that from these honored dead we draw increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here decide with firmness that these dead will not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, will experience a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, will not perish from the earth..”