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Abraham Lincoln is elected.
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Abraham Lincoln enacts law freeing slaves being used in the confederate war effort.
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Abraham Lincoln takes direct control of the Union army.
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Abraham Lincoln signs a law which sets free slaves in the state of Washington D.C.
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Abraham Lincoln signs a law that bans slavery in new states.
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Abraham Lincoln signs the emancipation proclamation.
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Abraham Lincoln gives the Gettysburg address.
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Civil war ends when Robert E. Lee surrenders in Virginia.
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Abraham Lincoln gives his last public speech which focuses on reconstruction.
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Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed at the ford theatre by John Wikes Booth.
