Query – Who Am I?

  • Born in Kentucky
  • Veteran of the Black Hawk Indian War of 1831
  • Married
  • Lost a son named William when he was 11 years old
  • President

Possible Answers

a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Jefferson Davis
c) Both of the above
d) None of the above

Lincoln Fast Facts

  • February 12, 1809 - Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
  • 1816 - Lincoln family moved to Gentryville, Indiana
  • 1830 - Lincoln family moved to Illinois
  • 1831 - Lincoln is on his own
  • 1832 - Lincoln serves in Illinois militia during the Black Hawk War
  • 1834 - Lincoln runs for Illinois legislature and wins
  • 1836 - Abraham Lincoln is licensed to practice law
  • 1837 - Lincoln moves to Springfield, Illinois
  • November 4, 1842 - Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd
  • 1856 - Lincoln helps organize Republican party in Illinois
  • November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • March 27, 1861 - Lincoln appoints officials of Dakota Territory
  • April 12, 1861 - Civil War begins
  • May 20, 1862 - Lincoln signs the Homestead Act
  • July 2, 1862 - Lincoln signs the Morrill Act
  • December 6, 1862 - Lincoln commutes the death sentence of 263 Dakota (Sioux), convicted for their part in the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
  • July 2, 1864 - Lincoln signs the Northern Pacific Railroad charter
  • April 9, 1865 - Civil War ends
  • April 14, 1865 - Abraham Lincoln dies of gun-shot wound.