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Father
- Name: Thomas LIncoln
-Career: Farmer, Carpenter, Wheelright
- Name: Thomas LIncoln
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Stepmother
- Name: Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln
- Career: N/A
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Mother
- Name: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
- Career: N/A
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Birth
In Hodgenville, Larue county, Kentucky -
mother's death
This brought his stepmother into his life, who taught him how to read and writete -
Wife
Career: N/A
Died: July 16, 1882, Springfield, IL -
Enlisted
-Rank: Captain
-Branch: Illinois Militia -
Marriage
Wife: Mary Todd lincoln -
First child
Robert Todd Lincoln -
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
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Third child
William Wallace Lincoln -
dads death
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Fourth child
Thomas Tod Lincoln -
inauguration
-Where: Washington, D.C. -
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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. -
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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
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Emancipation proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
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
The bloodiest battle in U.S. history which prompted one of the greatest speeches in U.S. history. -
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
expressing gratitude for a pivotal Union Army victory at Gettysburg -
second term
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Death
-Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, III
- Where: Washington, DC
- How: 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
this gave Lincoln peace after a long stressful presidency, allowing him and his wife to live a happy life -
Stepmothers death
