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Abraham Lincoln is the second born child of Thomas Lincoln and
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Nancy Lincoln, his mother, dies of milk sickness when he was only 9 years old.
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Thomas Lincoln, his father, gets remarried after Nancy's tragic death.
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Ann dies right after being engaged to Lincoln. He is driven into depression for about 6 months.
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Abraham Lincoln's wedding with Mary Todd is cancelled after they broke off their marriage at his initiative.
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Lincoln starts his time in the office of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Lincoln ends his time in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. He is the first Republican president in all of history, so that makes it even more of a big deal!
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When there is a Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Lincoln concentrated on both the military and political dimensions of the war effort, seeking to reunify the nation.
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President Lincoln issues a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports.
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Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
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Lincoln prevents British recognition of the Confederacy by skillfully handling the Trent affair.
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Lincoln is struck with grief as his beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, dies from fever, probably caused by polluted drinking water in the White House.
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Lincoln's efforts toward abolition include issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and encouraging Congress to propose what would become the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Lincoln appoints General Joseph (Fighting Joe) Hooker as Commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing Ambrose Burnside.
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Lincoln appoints George G. Meade as the commander of the army.
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Lincoln presents a speech that will go down in history for as long as the world is around, even when the speech is millions of years old.
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Democrats nominate George B. McClellan for president to run against Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln is re-elected as the U.S. president to be the president for another 4 years.
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Lincoln dies, 56 years old, at Ford's Theater when he is shot in the back of the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth.
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John Wilkes Booth, the assassinator of Abraham Lincoln, is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia.
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Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in the Oakridge Cemetery just outside Springfield, Illinois.