The US Civil War/Important People
Abraham Lincoln
[edit | edit source]- Was the president of the United States.
- Opposed the spread of slavery.
- Believed the U.S. was one nation, not a collection of independent states.
- Was determined to preserve the Union by force if necessary.
- Issued the Emancipation Proclomation, which freed the slaves in the Confederate States.
- Wrote the Gettysburg Address.