Abraham Lincoln Biography
He was the son of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and he was named for his paternal grandfather.
February 12, 1809 : Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky.
April 14, 1865 : Ford Theater : At 10.13, he was shot in the back of his head by Southern fanatic John Wilkes Booth (Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary were seeing the play "Our American Cousin").
April 15, 1865 : He died at 7.22 in the morning.
His body was taken by train from Washington to be buried in Springfield, Illinois.
November 4, 1842: He married Mary Todd. They have had 4 children: Robert Todd Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln; William Wallace Lincoln and Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
Nickname: "Honest Abe"; "Illinois Rail-Splitter"
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy." Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Biography
1811:The Lincoln family moves to a farm on Knob Creek
December 1816: The Lincoln family crosses the Ohio River and settles in the backwoods of Indiana.
October 1818: His mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies of "milk sickness"
December 1819: His father marries again (Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow who has three children)
April 1828 : He is 19 and take a flatboat of cargo of farm produce to New Orleans. It was first time that he observed a slave auction
March 1830: The family moved again (200 mile journey) to Illinois. Settled on land along the Langamon River, near Decatur
1831: Abraham Lincoln settles in New Salem Illinois
March 1832 : Becomes a candidate for Illinois General Assembly. The Black Hawk War breaks out
1833: Lincoln is appointed Deputy County Surveyor
1834: Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly (Whig Party)
1836: He is re-elected to the Illinois General Ass. He is a leader of the Whig party.
1838: Re-elected to the Illinois Gen. Assembly (as Whig floor leader)
1839: Admitted to practice in United States Circuit Court. Meets Mary Todd
1840: Re-elected to the Illinois Gen. Assembly. Becomes engaged to Mary Todd
1842: Does not seek re-election to the legislature In November, marries Mary Todd in Springfield
1842 : In December, dissolves law partnership with Logan,sets up his own practice
1846: May nominated to be the Whig candidate for U.S. Congress.In August, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
1847: Moves in Washington, D.C. with his family) 1848: Campaigns for General Zachary Taylor in Maryland and in Boston, Mass.,then in Illinois
1849: Returns to Springfield. Leaves politics to practice law
1850: Lincoln finishes his travels in the 8th Judicial Circuit.Gains a reputation as an outstanding lawyer
1854. Returns to politic. Elected to Illinois legislature
1855: He is not chosen to be U.S. Senator.
1856: Organized the new Republican party of Illinois
1858: Nominated to be the Republican senator from Illinois
Year 1860:
1860: Nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States
1860 November: He is elected as 16th US President with 40% of the popular vote (The first Republican)
December 1816: The Lincoln family crosses the Ohio River and settles in the backwoods of Indiana.
October 1818: His mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies of "milk sickness"
December 1819: His father marries again (Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow who has three children)
April 1828 : He is 19 and take a flatboat of cargo of farm produce to New Orleans. It was first time that he observed a slave auction
March 1830: The family moved again (200 mile journey) to Illinois. Settled on land along the Langamon River, near Decatur
1831: Abraham Lincoln settles in New Salem Illinois
March 1832 : Becomes a candidate for Illinois General Assembly. The Black Hawk War breaks out
1833: Lincoln is appointed Deputy County Surveyor
1834: Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly (Whig Party)
1836: He is re-elected to the Illinois General Ass. He is a leader of the Whig party.
1838: Re-elected to the Illinois Gen. Assembly (as Whig floor leader)
1839: Admitted to practice in United States Circuit Court. Meets Mary Todd
1840: Re-elected to the Illinois Gen. Assembly. Becomes engaged to Mary Todd
1842: Does not seek re-election to the legislature In November, marries Mary Todd in Springfield
1842 : In December, dissolves law partnership with Logan,sets up his own practice
1846: May nominated to be the Whig candidate for U.S. Congress.In August, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
1847: Moves in Washington, D.C. with his family) 1848: Campaigns for General Zachary Taylor in Maryland and in Boston, Mass.,then in Illinois
1849: Returns to Springfield. Leaves politics to practice law
1850: Lincoln finishes his travels in the 8th Judicial Circuit.Gains a reputation as an outstanding lawyer
1854. Returns to politic. Elected to Illinois legislature
1855: He is not chosen to be U.S. Senator.
1856: Organized the new Republican party of Illinois
1858: Nominated to be the Republican senator from Illinois
Year 1860:
1860: Nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States
1860 November: He is elected as 16th US President with 40% of the popular vote (The first Republican)
Abraham Lincoln Biography
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1860 December:South Carolina secedes from the Union. Followed within two months by Mississippi,Florida,Alabama,Georgia, Louisiana and Texas
Year 1861:
1861:March, 4th: Washington: President Lincoln delivers his First Inaugural Address
1861:April: In Charleston the Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter. The Civil war begins
1861:April: Virginia secedes from the Union. Will be followed by by North Carolina, Tennessee and
Arkansas (now forming an eleven state Confederacy)
1861: April: Proclamation of Blockade against southern Ports
1861:July: The Union lost a battle at Bull Run (Northern Virginia). Union troops fall back to Washington.
1861 : July George B. McClellan is appointed Commander of the Department of the Potomac
1861 August: A law freeing slaves is signed
1861 November: Appoints McClellan as commander of the Union army
Year 1862:
1862: January : Issues General War Order No. 1
1862: March: He relieves McClellan as general in chief. President Lincoln take direct command of the Union armies
1862: April: Confederate attack by surprise the troops of General Ulysses S. Grant (Shiloh Tennessee River)13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates
1862: Urges McClellan to attack
1862: April: An act of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia is signed by Abraham Lincoln
1862: June :A Law prohibiting slavery in the territories is approved by Araham Lincoln
1862: August: Second battle of Bull Run: Union is defeated. Retreat to Washington. General John Pope
is relieved of his functions as union commander
1862: September : McClellan stopped General Lee and the Confederate armies at Antietam Maryland. Bloodiest day in US military history (26.000 men are dead, wounded or missing)
1862 September: Preliminary Emancipation proclamation to free the slaves is issued by Abraham Lincoln
1862: September: The president issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves
1862: November: Ambrose E. Burnside is named commander of the Army of the Potomac
1862: December: Army of the Potomac suffers a costly defeat (12 6000 men died) at Fredericksburg Virginia with Confederate losses (5,309)
1862 December: Bill admitting West Virginia to the Union.
Year 1861:
1861:March, 4th: Washington: President Lincoln delivers his First Inaugural Address
1861:April: In Charleston the Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter. The Civil war begins
1861:April: Virginia secedes from the Union. Will be followed by by North Carolina, Tennessee and
Arkansas (now forming an eleven state Confederacy)
1861: April: Proclamation of Blockade against southern Ports
1861:July: The Union lost a battle at Bull Run (Northern Virginia). Union troops fall back to Washington.
1861 : July George B. McClellan is appointed Commander of the Department of the Potomac
1861 August: A law freeing slaves is signed
1861 November: Appoints McClellan as commander of the Union army
Year 1862:
1862: January : Issues General War Order No. 1
1862: March: He relieves McClellan as general in chief. President Lincoln take direct command of the Union armies
1862: April: Confederate attack by surprise the troops of General Ulysses S. Grant (Shiloh Tennessee River)13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates
1862: Urges McClellan to attack
1862: April: An act of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia is signed by Abraham Lincoln
1862: June :A Law prohibiting slavery in the territories is approved by Araham Lincoln
1862: August: Second battle of Bull Run: Union is defeated. Retreat to Washington. General John Pope
is relieved of his functions as union commander
1862: September : McClellan stopped General Lee and the Confederate armies at Antietam Maryland. Bloodiest day in US military history (26.000 men are dead, wounded or missing)
1862 September: Preliminary Emancipation proclamation to free the slaves is issued by Abraham Lincoln
1862: September: The president issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves
1862: November: Ambrose E. Burnside is named commander of the Army of the Potomac
1862: December: Army of the Potomac suffers a costly defeat (12 6000 men died) at Fredericksburg Virginia with Confederate losses (5,309)
1862 December: Bill admitting West Virginia to the Union.
abraham Lincoln Biography
Year 1863:
1863: January: The final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates is issued
1863: January: General Grant is in command of the Army of the West: he has to capture Vicksburg
1863: May: A Union defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded. Hooker retreats. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing. The Confederates, 13, 000
1863 :July: Confederate defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg
1863: July: Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi, is captured by the General Grant and the Army of the West
1863: August: Meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass (pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.)
1863: September: Union defeat at Chickamauga in Georgia. Chattanooga in Tennessee is left under Confederate siege.General Grant is appointed to command all operations in the western theater
1863: November: Delivers the Gettysburg Address (ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a national cemetery)
1863: December: Issues a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction for restoration of the Union
Year 1864:
1864: March: Appoints Grant as general-in-chief of all the Federal armies.William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the West
1864 June: A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties (Cold Harbor, Virginia)
1864: June: Abraham Lincoln is nominated for president by a coalition of Republicans and War Democrats
1864: September: Atlanta is captured by Sherman's army
1864: October: A decisive Union victory by General Philip H. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
1864: November:Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President
1864: December: Sherman reaches Savannah in Georgia
Year 1865:
1865: March: Inauguration ceremonies in Washington. President Lincoln delivers his second Inaugural Address
Kidnap plot by John Wilkes Booth fails
1865: April: General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate army to General Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox Court House in Virginia
1865: April: President Lincoln makes his last public speech.The United States flag 'Stars and Stripes'
is raised over Fort Sumter
1863: January: The final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates is issued
1863: January: General Grant is in command of the Army of the West: he has to capture Vicksburg
1863: May: A Union defeat at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson is mortally wounded. Hooker retreats. Union losses are 17,000 killed, wounded and missing. The Confederates, 13, 000
1863 :July: Confederate defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg
1863: July: Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi, is captured by the General Grant and the Army of the West
1863: August: Meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass (pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.)
1863: September: Union defeat at Chickamauga in Georgia. Chattanooga in Tennessee is left under Confederate siege.General Grant is appointed to command all operations in the western theater
1863: November: Delivers the Gettysburg Address (ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a national cemetery)
1863: December: Issues a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction for restoration of the Union
Year 1864:
1864: March: Appoints Grant as general-in-chief of all the Federal armies.William T. Sherman succeeds Grant as commander in the West
1864 June: A costly mistake by Grant results in 7,000 Union casualties (Cold Harbor, Virginia)
1864: June: Abraham Lincoln is nominated for president by a coalition of Republicans and War Democrats
1864: September: Atlanta is captured by Sherman's army
1864: October: A decisive Union victory by General Philip H. Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
1864: November:Abraham Lincoln is re-elected President
1864: December: Sherman reaches Savannah in Georgia
Year 1865:
1865: March: Inauguration ceremonies in Washington. President Lincoln delivers his second Inaugural Address
Kidnap plot by John Wilkes Booth fails
1865: April: General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate army to General Ulysses S. Grant Appomattox Court House in Virginia
1865: April: President Lincoln makes his last public speech.The United States flag 'Stars and Stripes'
is raised over Fort Sumter
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