Abraham Lincoln is widely regarded as one of the Americas greatest heroes and

one of its sharpest political minds. Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of America's
greatest heroes due to both his incredible impact on the nation and his unique
appeal. His is a remarkable story of the rise from humble beginnings to achieve the
highest office in the land; then, a sudden and tragic death at a time when his
country needed him most to complete the great task remaining before the nation.
Lincoln is generally considered to have been the outstanding figure responsible for
the preservation of the federal Union. Throughout the history of the United States of
America, many great men have directed the nation towards success. The nation has
been graced the greatest minds in history, including Thomas Jefferson, George
Washington, john Adams, and James Madison. While these founding fathers were
challenged with the task of establishing a country, but Lincoln was challenged to
preserve it. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president, ascended to office during a
time of uproar, turmoil, and disorder. Lincoln's distinctively human and humane
personality and historical role as savior of the Union and emancipator of the slaves
creates a legacy that endures. His eloquence of democracy and his insistence that
the Union was worth saving embody the ideals of self-government that all nations
strive to achieve.
In view of Lincolns firm place in the ranks of national heroes, he is frequently
depicted in a purified light, as if he worked by stupendous outline in which he was
incapable of doing wrong. Lincoln was very much aware of his weakness as a
pioneer, roosted as he was upon the unstable position that his fortune-and in fact
countrys fortunes-rested. While examining his role as commander-in-chief, Lincoln
was not hesitated to admit that events had controlled him more that he controlled
them. Overtime, Lincoln got unprecedented exaltation and Lincoln the the legend
developed into a giant of unparalleled extents.
Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, on the Sinking Spring Place, a farm
three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was born in humble
surroundings, a one-room log cabin with dirt floors in Hardin County, Kentucky. At
this point of time, the United States of America had just begun to emerge as a
cohesive and strong nation.

Lincolns formal schooling was limited to three brief

periods in local schools, as he had to work constantly to support his family. The
federal government as it is known today had been organized just over twenty years before.