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Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a one room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky
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After delays and second thoughts, Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd.
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Lincoln was invited to speak in New York by Republican Leaders. He stayed in his "prarie lawyer" attire, but spoke so well he was put in contention for the office of President.
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Lincoln was elected 16th president of the United States of America, although he wasn't even on the ballot in some Southern states. He was the first Republican voted into office.
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December 20, 1860 South Carolina adopted an ordinance of sucession.
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By February 1, 1861 Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas followed suit and declared themselves independent of the United States.
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Confederate States of America elect Jefferson Davis as their provisional President.
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Confederate forces at Fort Sumter, South Carolina fired upon Union Troops. They forced them to surrender and started the Civil War.
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Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1, 1963 giving all slaves in Confederate States their freedom.
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In 272 words and 3 minutes, Lincoln reiterated the Declaration of Independence and gave new purpose to the civil war: a new birth of freedom in the nation.
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At approximately 10:13, John Wilkes Booth crept up to the unguarded President Lincoln and shot him at point-blank range.
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At 7:22 am President Lincoln is pronounced dead after being in a coma for approximately nine hours.
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... He truly belongs to the ages as us students today present our oral report on him.
