Abraham lincoln was the16th president of the United States and one of the greatest figures in world history. He led the great struggle to save the Union and end slavery. People miss his integrity, kindness and strong personality. He has always been one of the most admired presidents in American history. Although he only received a little elementary education in the frontier and had little experience in holding public office, his keen insight and profound humanitarian consciousness made him the greatest president in American history.
Lincoln 1809 was born at dawn on February 12, 2002 in a cabin 3 miles south of Hall, Harding County, Kentucky. In his own words, his childhood was "a concise chronicle of poverty". When he was a child, he helped his family move firewood, carry water and do farm work. At the age of nine, his mother died, which was a cruel blow to Lincoln. Fortunately, his stepmother is very kind to him and often urges him to study. He has a harmonious relationship with his stepmother. Later, when he grew up, Lincoln began to make a living independently. He worked as a farm employee, stonemason, boatman and so on.
1830, Lincoln's family moved to Illinois, and he made his first political speech at a political rally. Because he attacked slavery and put forward some suggestions beneficial to public utilities, Lincoln had an influence on the public, and with his outstanding personality, he was elected as a state senator in 1834. Two years later, Lincoln became a lawyer through self-study and soon became the Whig leader of the state legislature. 1846, he was elected to the us house of representatives.
1854, the bourgeoisie who advocated the abolition and restriction of slavery in the northern States established the Peace Party, and Lincoln soon became the leader of this new party. 1858 delivered a famous speech "Family Disputes", demanding that the development of black slaves be restricted and the motherland be unified. The speech expressed the wishes of the northern bourgeoisie and the people of the whole country, thus winning great prestige for Lincoln. 1860, Lincoln was elected as the Republican candidate as the16th president of the United States.
Shortly after Lincoln took office, slave owners in the South started a civil war. In this war, Lincoln shouldered a heavy responsibility, which was unmatched by most American presidents in the past. However, he performed his duties with extraordinary perseverance and determination. Even when he was vilified, he never wavered in his direction: restoring the union and abolishing slavery. 1862 In September, Lincoln published the famous The Emancipation Proclamation, announcing the abolition of slavery and the liberation of slaves. 1June, 864, the civil war ended with victory in the north, marking the complete collapse of slavery.
Because of Lincoln's outstanding achievements, he was re-elected as the president of the United States on1October 8, 1864+065438. However, before Lincoln put his postwar policy into practice, tragedy happened. 1865, 14, 10, 15. On the fifth day after the surrender of the southern army, Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford Theater in Washington. That day, John Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was already sharpening his knife. Since Puss was born in a famous American theater, his superb acting skills have been sought after by female opera fans. However, Puss is worried about this country. His political views are unambiguous and he is a staunch supporter of the Confederacy. During the Civil War, Puss conspired with a group of people, including his childhood friends Mitchell O 'Flynn and Sam Arnold. George Azrod, a carriage manufacturer in Maryland; 23-year-old drugstore employee David herold; Louis Powell, a former Confederate soldier, and John Salat, who had provided information to the rebels. The organization once planned to kidnap Lincoln in an apartment in Washington in exchange for captured soldiers in the south, but these plans, like many other plots, ended in vain.
Two or three days before Lincoln's assassination, Puss was as drunk as a fiddler almost every day, and his former conspiracy organization had been fragmented, leaving only Paine, Herod and Azrod. At noon on April 14, he went to Ford Theatre to get the mail. He came across a poster saying that Lincoln and Grant would attend the evening program. Puss was ecstatic and immediately called his friends to carry out their final plan: Azrod assassinated Vice President Johnson, Paine and herold assassinated Seward, the recovering Secretary of State, and Puss assassinated the President himself.
Things didn't go well: Azrod got drunk and chickened out, and didn't try to assassinate Johnson at all. Paine and herold are going well. They came to seward's house, and Herod drove a carriage to meet them. Paine went directly to Seward's house, and he took a pack of medicine, which was also planned long ago. Seward's son told Payne that his father was sleeping and could not take medicine. But Paine insisted on sending medicine in. Seward Jr. found this man unreasonable and ordered him to leave immediately. Afraid of being caught, Payne immediately took out a pistol and aimed it at Seward's head. Unfortunately, the bullet somehow went blind. Paine quickly clenched his gun and bashed Seward Jr.' s head with the butt of his gun. Poor little Seward's skull was broken. Sweeping the obstacles outside the door, Payne drew a big knife from the parcel and rushed into seward's dark bedroom. Only then did he find seward's daughter and a male nurse in the bedroom. Genial smile that male nurses immediately jumped up and rushed to Payne, Payne slashed his forehead with a broadsword, while seward's daughter was stunned by Payne.
Paine rushed to Seward's bedside and stabbed the Secretary of State with a knife. At this time, Seward's other son heard the noise and rushed in, only to be scratched on his forehead by Payne with a murder weapon and cut his hand. Parn didn't think this place should stay too long, so he quickly left the bedroom and jumped down the stairs. On the stairs, he met an unlucky messenger from the State Council. Parn cut off the messenger again after a long time. Until he fled to the front door, Paine kept screaming: "I'm crazy! I am crazy! "
Incredibly, all the people attacked by Paine finally recovered, and Seward continued to serve as his secretary of state during President Johnson's term after Lincoln's death.
The conversation turned to Puss, who quietly entered the presidential box on 10 in the afternoon. There was a lock in the box, but it was broken a few days ago and no one reported it. Because Puss is an actor, the people who guard the president didn't embarrass him. John Park, a policeman, should have been on the only way from the hall to the box, but he was not interested in watching the play, so he hid in another room to drink.
When Booth entered the box, he calmly aimed the gun between Lincoln's left ear and back ... * * * was shot eight times, and Lincoln was shot six times, five of which hit the key. However, in the audience of 1675, only a few people heard the gunshots, and even Mrs. Lincoln sitting next to her and several people accompanying the theater were not scared by the gunshots. Because "Cat" chose the climax of the play to shoot, it is difficult to hear the laughter and gunshots of the actors mixed together.
Then the box was in chaos. The cat jumped from the box to the stage, turned to the audience and shouted, "This is what happens to all tyrants." This is a famous saying in Virginia.
Memories of the murder scene
The audience was stunned and no one caught up. A few minutes later, the cat hit the horse and ran away. The cat and its partner herold crossed the bridge over the Anna Costia River and entered Maryland. They were very scared, so they ran south. In order to treat Puss' foot (he sprained it when he jumped out of the box), they hid in a family for one night, and the family put a splint on Puss. On the fifth day, they began to wait for the opportunity to cross the Potomac River to Virginia. On April 20th, the cat got a boat from nowhere. In the next two days, they had to hide at the Maryland border for two days because of the skyrocketing river. On April 22, they finally succeeded in crossing the river and fled to Virginia, and continued to sneak inland. Later, they came to Richard Garrett's farm. At the same time, the federal detective who arrested the murderer and new york's 16 cavalry began to follow the clues (plus some dumb luck, of course) and touched Garrett Farm bit by bit. The following are the memories of the cavalry commander Captain Edward Dougherty.
I got off the horse and banged on the front door. Old Garrett came out. I caught him and asked where the two fugitives who were followed by cavalry the other day were. Just as I was asking questions, suddenly, a soldier shouted, "Oh, lieutenant, there is a man hiding in the corn warehouse." But we found out that it was the son of old Garrett, not Puss and his followers. We asked the young man, and he quickly told me, "Someone is in the barn." After leaving some people to look after the house, we surrounded the barn. I kicked the barn door hard, but there was no response. I got the barn key from Garrett's other son and opened the door. I demand that the people inside come out and surrender.
After a while, the cat replied inside, "Are you mistaken?"
I replied, "It doesn't matter, just come out."
He said, "I am lame, and I am alone."
I said, "I know who's with you. You'd better surrender. "
He replied, "I just hope my friends can help me, not my enemies."
I said, "If you don't come out again, I'll set it on fire." A corporal immediately piled some hay, leaned against the wall and lit the fire.
Just as the corporal lit the fire, the cat said inside, "If you dare to come in, I will let the bullet pass through you."
I ordered a ceasefire and decided to wait until dawn before entering the barn to subdue them.
After a while, the cat said weakly, "Oh, Lieutenant, there is a man here who wants to surrender to the evil forces."
I replied, "You'd better come out."
He replied, "no, I haven't made a decision yet;" But please step back fifty steps and give me a chance to live. "
I told him that I had 50 brothers waiting outside and I had to catch him.
He said, "well, my brave brother, prepare a stretcher."
At this moment, herold walked to the door, and I asked him to hand over his gun. The cat replied, "I have all the guns here for you, sir." I told Herod, "Let's see your hands." He opened the door halfway, and we immediately grabbed his wrist. Just then, I heard a gunshot inside. I wonder if the cat committed suicide. I opened the door and found the hay and straw behind the cat on fire.
The cat has a cane and a carbine in its hand. I rushed into the burning barn, followed by others. We put the cat under our arm and left the barn quickly. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, so I sent the cat to Garrett's house.
The cat was shot in the back of the head. It turned out that when herold was about to come out, a detective went behind the barn and lit the straw. The cat saw me in the firelight, so he aimed his gun at me. At the critical moment, a soldier quickly opened fire on the cat. Originally, the soldier wanted to hit Puss in the arm, but because Puss turned around, the bullet missed and hit Puss in the back of the head.
The cat motioned me to raise my hand. After I lifted it, he gasped and said, "useless, useless!" " "I gave him some brandy and water, but he couldn't swallow it. I'll send for a surgeon at once. When the doctor arrived, it was hopeless. At 7 o'clock, the cat swallowed its last breath. He has a diary, a hunting knife, two pistols, a compass and a sketch about Canada.
18 On April 5, 1965, abraham lincoln died at the age of 56. After Lincoln's death, his body was mourned by the masses for more than two weeks in the city of 14, and then buried in Prinsfield.
Abraham lincoln, the16th president of the United States, is one of the greatest figures in world history, who led the great struggle to save the Union and end slavery. People miss his integrity, kindness and strong personality. He has always been one of the most admired presidents in American history. Although he only received a little elementary education in the frontier and had little experience in holding public office, his keen insight and profound humanitarian consciousness made him the greatest president in American history.