Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln most notably led the United States through the constitutional, military and moral crisis during the American Civil War.
==Biography==
===Presidency and the Pinkertons===
After the detective agency Pinkerton foiled the to assassinate Lincoln, he later hired them as his personal 'secret service' during the American Civil War, during which time the group garnered a reputation as America's go-to office for counter-intelligence and security operations.Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus – Issue #01
In early-1862, Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd, personally invited the Italian opera singer Adelina Patti to perform for them following one of her American tour concerts.Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Chapter 8 Later that year, on 3 October, Lincoln met with Allan Pinkerton and Major General upon the main eastern theater of the .
===Gettysburg Address===
On the afternoon of 19 November 1863, President Lincoln gave a speech during the American Civil War, dedicated to the , over four months after the where the forces defeated the Confederate army.
===Assassination===
On 14 April 1865, Lincoln was by Templar-affiliate John Wilkes Booth and died the next morning. After his assassination, Booth was hunted down and killed by the Assassins.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #15: "Guardians"
===Legacy===
In 2012, during his time in captivity as a subject for the Abstergo Industries' Animus Project, Clay Kaczmarek relived the lives of his ancestor who fought during the Battle of Gettysburg and overheard Lincoln's famous .Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Lost Archive – The Mole
In a November 2013 email chain, Abstergo Entertainment supervisor Melanie Lemay revealed that she had a great-great-grandfather who was known to have also come into contact with Lincoln a number of times as a Union soldier during the Civil War.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Noob's personal files – CONFIDENTIAL - Subject - RE: Potential time periods?
==Gallery==
Lincoln_with_Pinkerton_and_mcclernand.jpg|Lincoln meeting with Pinkerton and McClernand, 1862
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Lost Archive 
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate 
*Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants 
*Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus 
*Assassin's Creed: Visionaries 
==References==
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