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Abraham was born in February 12, 1809.
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Abraham Lincoln is born in Nolin Creek in Kentucky. His humble home was a one room log cabin
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The Lincoln family move to Indiana.
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The death of his mother, Nancy
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Thomas Lincoln married a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston who becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln
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Lincoln is elected to the Illinois General Assembly
Abe starts to study law
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Leaves Springfield for Washington
March 4: President Lincoln delivers his First Inaugural Address
April 12 Attack on Fort Sumter - Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire marking the start of the Civil War
For details of the career of President Lincoln and the progress of the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865 click Civil War Timeline -
date of death
