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Aberaham Lincon was nominated to be the Republican Candidate.
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Abraham is elected as the 16th President, as well as the first Republican President.
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President Lincoln delivers his First Inaugural Address.
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At 4:30 am, Confederate artillery opens fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. The Civil War begins.
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Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports.
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Abraham Lincoln signs a law freeing slaves from being used by the Confederates in their war effect.
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The President's son, WIlliam, dies at age 11. Mary Todd is devastated, and never fully recovers from this tragedy.
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Lincoln signs an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
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The President issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves.
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President Lincoln delievers the Gettysburg Address at a ceremony dedicated the Batlefield as a National Cemetary.
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Lincoln is nominated for a second term.
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Abraham is reelected, defeating Democrat George B. McClennen.
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The Civil War concludes with General Robert E. Lee surrends his confederate army to General Ulysses S. Grant.
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Lincoln and Mary Todd go to see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln in the head.
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Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning.
