Nowak is the most popular surname in Poland and is derived from a Slavic word meaning new.â It was frequently given to people who arrived as strangers to a new town or recent converts from religions other than Christianity. Kowalski is the Polish equivalent of Smith and is the second most common Polish surname. Derived from the word kowal, which means smith in Polish, it is a surname based on the blacksmith occupation.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States during the Civil War from 1860-1865. He was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky, on February 12, 1809. When he was president he was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army, which is the highest-ranking military officer.
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency.n this day in 1861, Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America. He ran without opposition, and the election simply confirmed the decision that had been made by the Confederate Congress earlier in the year. Like his Union counterpart, President Abraham Lincoln, Davis was a native of...