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Abraham Lincoln's 1st Inauguration
Abraham LIncoln became the 16th President of the United States of America. -
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President Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Linclon declared all enslaved people in the Confederacy "shall be...forever free". -
Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. -
President Lincoln Shot
President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. -
President Lincoln's Death
Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be assassinated in office.
