Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky on February 12, 1809.

Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, passed away on October 5, 1818.

Abraham Lincoln received his license to practice law from the Illinois Supreme Court on September 9, 1836.

On November 4, 1842, Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield.

On August 1, 1843, Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln welcomed their first child, Robert Todd Lincoln.

On August 3, 1846, Abraham Lincoln was elected from the Whig Party to the United States House of Representatives, and he assumed office in December 1847.

On November 2, 1858, Abraham Lincoln lost the Senate race to Stephen Douglas. The Republicans received 125,000 votes and the Democrats received 121,000 votes. However, due to legislative apportionment and thirteen holdover Senators, the Democrats have a majority of Senators in the State Legislature which chooses the next United States Senator from Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln was nominated as the Republican Party's candidate for president.

Elected president of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States on March 4, 1861.

Abraham Lincoln takes office as the 16th President of the United States during a tumultuous period leading to the Civil War.

The Confederate Congress unanimously adopts the Confederate Constitution, asserting the sovereignty of states and prohibiting the passage of any bill that outlaws slavery.

Fort Sumter is the site of the first battle of the American Civil War, marking the beginning of the conflict between the Union and the Confederacy.

President Lincoln issued a call for troops in response to the Confederates firing on Union-held Fort Sumter, marking the beginning of the Civil War.

President learns of the death of his close friend Colonel Edward Baker, who was killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff.

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in Confederate-held territory to be forever free. This was a significant step towards the abolition of slavery in the United States.

"Willie" Lincoln died in the White House, likely of typhoid, and his remains were temporarily interred in the Carroll vault at Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown. Mary Lincoln was inconsolable after this tragic event.

On March 6, 1862, Abraham Lincoln proposed a program of compensated emancipation of slaves to Congress.

After the Union Army's victory at the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, President Lincoln officially announced the Emancipation Proclamation, warning that if the war did not end by January 1, 1863, the Emancipation would take effect and the Union would work to abolish slavery in the rebel states permanently.

President Abraham Lincoln read the second draft of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet, a significant step towards the eventual abolition of slavery in the United States.

President Abraham Lincoln issued Proclamation 93, also known as the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the objectives of the war, including the emancipation of slaves in rebellious states, effective from January 1, 1863.

Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring that all slaves in states still in rebellion would be set free under his war powers.

The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War, declaring that all enslaved people in Confederate territory were to be set free.

Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech commemorating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, reflecting on the significance of the proclamation and the ongoing struggle for freedom and equality.

Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the cemetery dedication in Pennsylvania on November 19, 1863.

Nominated for President at the Union National Convention.

Abraham Lincoln accepts the resignation of Salmon Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, and appoints William Fessenden on July 1.

Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as the president of the United States.

Easily wins re-election over Democrat George McClellan.

President Lincoln, Secretary of State Seward, and two members of the Confederate Cabinet hold the Hampton Roads Peace Conference in an attempt to negotiate peace.

Abraham Lincoln's second inauguration as the President of the United States.

President Lincoln met with General Ulysses S. Grant, General Sherman, and Admiral David D. Porter on board the 'River Queen' at City Point, Virginia.

President Lincoln makes his last public speech, focusing on the problems of reconstruction, and the United States flag 'Stars and Stripes' is raised over Fort Sumter.

Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of 'Our American Cousin' at Ford's Theatre and later died at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln dies following his shooting by John Wilkes Booth on the night of April 14, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated on April 15, 1865. His assassination came just days after the surrender of the Confederate army, marking the end of the American Civil War.

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was discovered in a barn in rural Virginia after a ten-day search by the Army and the Secret Service. He was either shot or killed in a shoot-out during the capture attempt.

Lincoln's remains were interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, is finally ratified. Slavery is abolished.

In 1869, the construction of the permanent tomb for Abraham Lincoln began.

On October 15, 1874, the permanent Lincoln tomb was dedicated.