Timeline Of Abraham Lincoln

Election

Nov 14, 1860

Abraham Lincoln is elected.

Timeline

Period: Nov 14, 1860 to Apr 14, 1865

Lincoln makes a law

Aug 16, 1861

Abraham Lincoln enacts law freeing slaves being used in the confederate war effort.

Control

Mar 16, 1862

Abraham Lincoln takes direct control of the Union army.

Freedom

Apr 16, 1862

Abraham Lincoln signs a law which sets free slaves in the state of Washington D.C.

New states

Jun 16, 1862

Abraham Lincoln signs a law that bans slavery in new states.

Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Abraham Lincoln signs the emancipation proclamation.

Gettysburg

Jul 16, 1863

Abraham Lincoln gives the Gettysburg address.

No More War

Apr 9, 1865

Civil war ends when Robert E. Lee surrenders in Virginia.

Last speech

Apr 11, 1865

Abraham Lincoln gives his last public speech which focuses on reconstruction.

Assassination

Apr 14, 1865

Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed at the ford theatre by John Wikes Booth.