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Lincoln was the 16th president elected. At the time the United States was a divided democratic party. He was the first Republican to be elected into office. He only received 40% of the popular vote and managed to outvote Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge,
Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas who was a U.S. senator for Illinois. -
When Abraham Lincoln was elected president it pursued an outcry in the south for the slave states. South Carolina seceding from the United States caused the Civil War to break out in Charleston Harbor. -
He was elected President of the Confederate States of America. Davis was already serving as temporary president when he was elected for his six-year term. -
One of the deadliest one-day battles. The battle proved that the union could stand against the confederate army. President Lincoln got the courage to come up with the emancipation proclamation. -
The Fredericksburg battle was one of the bloodiest battles. During the war, many military armies were blasting at buildings and scaring many people. -
The Emancipation Proclamation was announced during the third year of the civil war. The proclamation stated people who were being held as slaves in the free states were to be considered to be free. -
The Battle of Gettysburg occurred from July 1, 1863 to July 3, 1863. That battle was the starting point of the Civil War and had more than 50,000 casualties happen, was the bloodiest battle of the war. The Gettysburg battle brought an end to the civil war and to General Robert E. Lee's request to invade the north. -
Abraham Lincoln (Republican) beat George McClellan (Democrat) during the election that occurred during the American Civil War. The election was only judged by states that were apart of the union. -
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, who was a famous actor. It happened at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. When the attack occurred it was after the Civil War was ended by General Robert E. Lee when he surrendered his army at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.