Abraham Lincoln

By 4-RSarah

  • Lincoln Born

    Born in Kentucky

  • Mother dies

    Mother died when Lincoln was 9 years old

  • bad head injury

    Lincoln kicked in the head by horse - witnesses thought he might have been dead

  • Married to Mary Todd

  • Elected to Congress

  • Elected President

    My birthday is also November 6 :)

  • Civil War started

  • Emancipation Proclamtion

    A Presidential Order to proclaim that slaves in the United States should be free.

  • Gave the Gettysburg Address

    Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg

  • President Lincoln Assasinated

    The first President to be killed in office he was shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

  • End of Civil War

    Final defeat of Confederate troops and capture of Jefferson Davis - leader of Confederate forces.

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