Abraham Lincoln

                                                  ABRAHAM LINCOLN  1809-1865

Born: February 12, 1809

Assassination: April 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America, he led the United States Army through  the Civil War. He became a lawyer in Illinois, a Whig Party Leader, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1846.

In Office: March 4, 1861-April 15, 1865

Assassinated: Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC.

Resting Place: Lincoln Tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, US.

Death by: John Wilkes Booth.

                                                JOHN WILKES BOOTH 1838-1865

John Wilkes Booth was a famous actor, he was born in May 10, 1838. He was on the the side of the Confederate, and after the war, he assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre. he broke his leg jumping off the balcony, landed on the stage, ran outside, and rode off on his escape horse, he died in

April 26, 1865. He shot himself in the chest inside a barn, and was paralyzed until death.

Resting Place: Green Mount Cemetery

Cause Of Death: Gunshot wound