President Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, was born on February 12. 1809 was the son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, he was named as another important one. In US history The work he did during his tenure there. There are plenty before he was president. Vick's attorney, party leadership MPs, He has represented the United States. Republican candidate for president in the March 4, 1861, with the support of the way. North of the country's majority He is the policy of the abolition of slavery affecting the south. It makes its way south Seceded and formed the Confederacy A Civil War Southern slave states declared eleven states seceded from the United States. And established a confederacy America The other twenty-five states supported the federal government ("Union") for four years after the war, the Confederacy surrendered. And the abolition of slavery throughout the war began on 12 April 1861 and ended on that date. 9 April 1865 before Abraham Lincoln was killed less than a floating one week.