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On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. He was born in a small log cabin, which only had one floor, and a dirt one at that. -
Abe served for three months during the Black Hawk War. He never saw combat, but his training helped shape him into a leader. -
Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln marry on November 11, 1842. -
Mary and Abe's first child, Robert, is born. Robert was the only child to live into adulthood. -
Mary gives birth to the Lincolns' second child, Edward Todd Lincoln. -
Eddie Lincoln dies at four years old.
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Mary and Lincoln have a third child, named William Todd Lincoln, also called Willie. -
Mary and Abe's fourth child is born. His name is Thomas "Tad" Lincoln. -
Abraham Lincoln gave his inaugural address and became the 16th president of the United States of America. -
Abraham Lincoln gave a speech asking the Southern rebellion to stop and bring peace, but the Southerners refused, officially beginning the Civil War. The first battle, however, was recently before, The Battle of Fort Sumter. -
The Battle of Bull Run resulted in Confederate and Union flags changing due to confusion of the battlefield. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earned the nickname 'Stonewall' for his determined and unrelenting fighting. -
The Lincolns' third son, Willie, dies.
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Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C. -
General Robert E. Lee is appointed commander. -
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation will go into effect later, in 1863. -
At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Union lost more than 12,600, while Confederate lost 5,300. -
The Emancipation Proclimation goes into affect. It frees all slaves in states that aren't under Southern Union control.
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The Arizona Territory is formed from New Mexico Territory. -
The Territory of Idaho is created. -
West Virginia becomes the 35th state. -
A group of Sourthern rebels attempted to storm the White House. Goerge E. Meade found and stopped them with his troops. -
Lincoln gave a speech on the battlefield of the Battle of Gettysburg. The speech commemorated a new cemetery and gave reasons for Lincoln to continue the war. -
Lincoln pardons all Southern rebels who took an oath of loyalty to the USA. -
Nevada becomes the 36th state. -
Abe outvotes McClellan. -
The Thirteenth Amendment is sent for ratification. This amendment calls for all slaves to be freed and for slavery to be abolished. -
Abraham gives his inauguration speech of his second term.
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Abe and his wife were watching a play when John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham in the back of the head. John jumped out of the box seat and ran away, shouting dramatically. -
The morning after he was shot, Abe died from the head wound. His vice president, Andrew Jackson, becomes the 17th president. -
Congress ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment and slavery is abolished.