Zoe /zoe/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ZOH-ee, ZOH. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Zoe is life. Zooey is a variant from JD Salinger's novel Franny and Zooey, although the character Zooey is a young man named Zachery.Popular in Greece. Actresses Zoe Caldwell, Zooey Deschanel.t is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Zoe is life. Zooey is a variant from JD Salinger's novel Franny and Zooey, although the character Zooey is a young man named Zachery. Popular in Greece. Actresses Zoe Caldwell, Zooey Deschanel.
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1864, Union General William T. Sherman presents the city of Savannah, Georgia, to President Abraham Lincoln. Sherman captured thecity after his famous March to the Sea from Atlanta. Savannah had been one of the last major ports that remained open to the Confederates.
Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy in 1863.he Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from âThe Presidents of the United States of America,â by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. Learn more about Abraham Lincoln 's spouse, Mary Todd Lincoln.