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Abraham Lincoln was born
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Attends a log cabin school
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On August 4th, Abraham Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party. He begins to study law.
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March 10th, a son, Edward Baker Lincoln is born.
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U.S. Representative Lincoln moves into a boarding house in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons. On December 6th, he takes his seat when the Thirtieth Congress convenes. December 22nd, Rep. Lincoln presents resolutions questioning President Polk about U.S. hostilities with Mexico.
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lincoln becomes president
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The Union suffers a defeat at Bull Run in northern Virginia.
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The President issues a Proclamation of a National Day of Fasting.
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The President's son Willie dies at age 11.
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Signs an Act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
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General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and his numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall, 26,000 men are dead, wounded or missing - the bloodiest day in U.S. military history.
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The President signs a bill admitting West Virginia to the Union.
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General Ulysses S. Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg.
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The President meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass who pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.'
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Abraham Lincoln is nominated for a second term as president by a coalition of Republicans and War Democrats.
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The President issues a call for 500,000 volunteers for military service.
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Makes a speech to the 148th Ohio Regiment.
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Inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C. with President Lincoln delivering his Second Inaugural Address.
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Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. About 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth shoots the President in the head. Doctors attend to the President in the theater then move him to a house across the street. He never regains consciousness.
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President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning.
