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Abraham Lincoln lived in Kentucky until he was age seven. He then moved to Indiana with his parents and sister Sarah.
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At the age of 22, Abraham Lincoln moves to New Orleans.
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Abraham Lincoln enlists into the Black Hawk War three times.
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In 1834, he won an election to the state legislation of Illinois.
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Abraham Lincoln gets married to Mary Todd.
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In 1846, Lincoln was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th president of the United States.
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On April 16th, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
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Lincoln serves another term as President and promotes Ulysses S. Grant to General-in-Chief after Union victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga in 1863.
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On April 14th actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. and fatally shot Abraham Lincoln.
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The memorial of Abraham Lincoln in located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. and dedicated in 1922.
