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Abraham was born on Febuary 12th 1805 in Hodgville, Kentucky
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Abrahams mom died when Abraham was only 9 years old. She died of Tremetol (milk sickness) at age 34. The event devastated him.
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The Lincolns were forced to move to Indiana
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The family had to migrate again to Macon county, Illinois. When his Father moved the family again to Coles county, 22 year old Abraham Lincoln struck out on his own.
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Black Hawk war broke out between Native Americans and the United States.
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Abraham was married to a lady named Mary Todd. Later on they had kids but out of the four of them only one,Robert ,survived to adulthood.
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Abraham Lincoln was trying to stop slavery. And worked for the most part.
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He felt confident enough to reshape the cause of the war from union abolishing slavery
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Proclamation which said that all individuals who were slaves were to be free.
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1865 April 15th- Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in the theaters John Wilkes booth at ford's theater in Washington by a well-know actor and confederate sympathizer.