Abe

Abraham Lincoln BB

By Ben11/25
  • Father

    Father

    • Name: Thomas LIncoln
      -Career: Farmer, Carpenter, Wheelright
  • Stepmother

    Stepmother

    • Name: Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln
    • Career: N/A
  • Mother

    Mother

    • Name: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
    • Career: N/A
  • Birth

    Birth

    In Hodgenville, Larue county, Kentucky
  • mother's death

    mother's death

    This brought his stepmother into his life, who taught him how to read and writete
  • Wife

    Wife

    Career: N/A
    Died: July 16, 1882, Springfield, IL

  • Enlisted

    -Rank: Captain
    -Branch: Illinois Militia
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    Wife: Mary Todd lincoln
  • First child

    First child

    Robert Todd Lincoln
  • Second child

    Second child

    Edward Baker Lincoln

  • elected Illinois representative

    part of the Thirtieth Congress, as a candidate of the Whig Party. This was the only United States Congressional seat he ever held.

  • death of second child

  • Third child

    Third child

    William Wallace Lincoln

  • dads death

  • Fourth child

    Fourth child

    Thomas Tod Lincoln

  • inauguration

    -Where: Washington, D.C.
  • Period: to

    Time in Office

    During his presidency, Abraham went on to declare the Emancipation Proclamation, Annual thanksgiving day, and The Gettysburg address. He led the nation through The Civil War and experienced many losses during it.
  • Period: to

    Civil war

    -What happened: War between Confederates and The Union
    -When: 1861-1865
    -Where: U.S.
    -How: Tension between the non-slave states and the slave states
    -Result: Slavery abolished in the U.S.

  • death of third child

  • Emancipation proclamation

    Emancipation proclamation

    The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
  • Battle of Chickamauga

    Battle of Chickamauga

    The Battle of Chickamauga was one of the bloodiest and biggest Confederate victories of the war causing heavy losses for the Union
  • Battle of Gettysburg

    Battle of Gettysburg

    The bloodiest battle in U.S. history which prompted one of the greatest speeches in U.S. history.
  • Gettysburg address

    Gettysburg address

    "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. "
  • Proclamation of annual thanksgiving day

    Proclamation of annual thanksgiving day

    expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army victory at Gettysburg

  • second term

  • Death

    Death

    -Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, III
    - Where: Washington, DC
    - How: Assassinated
  • Assassinated

    Assassinated

    -Killer: John Wilkes Booth
    -Where: Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

  • Funeral

    an estimated 25 million Americans attended memorial services for Abraham Lincoln in Washington and around the country.
  • End of civil war

    End of civil war

    this gave Lincoln peace after a long stressful presidency, allowing him and his wife to live a happy life

  • Stepmothers death