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Abraham Lincoln Event Timeline | The American Presidency Project

Abraham Lincoln Event Timeline ; 09/17/1862. Battle of Antietam (Maryland); bloody battle ends Lee's invasion of the North. ; 09/22/1862.

Timeline | Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) · 1809, Feb. 12 · 1811, Spring. Moved with family to a farm on Knob Creek, Kentucky · 1815-1816. Attended occasional classes in rural ...

Abraham Lincoln | Timeline - Britannica

Born in a Kentucky log cabin, he moved to Indiana in 1816 and to Illinois in 1830. After working as a storekeeper, a rail-splitter, a postmaster, and a surveyor ...

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Career Timeline

Abraham Lincoln's career as America's 16th president spanned about four years, from March 4, 1861 to his murder on April 15, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln - Key Events - Miller Center

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. With it, he freed all slaves in Confederate or contested areas of the South.

Timeline about the life and career of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's sister Sarah dies while giving birth. Lincoln takes a flatboat to New Orleans, where he observes a slave auction. 1830-31. The Lincolns move to ...

Timelines - AbrahamLincoln.org

Abraham Lincoln born in Kentucky. February 12, 1809 ; Family moves to Indiana. 1816 ; Death of Lincoln's mother. October 5, 1818 ; Father remarries. December 2, ...

Life of Abraham Lincoln Timeline | Bill of Rights Institute

Life of Abraham Lincoln Timeline · February 12, 1809– Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky. · Fall, 1816– The Lincoln family moved to Indiana. · October 5, 1818– ...

Timeline | Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation | Articles and Essays

Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation · 1860, Nov. 6 · 1860, Dec. 20 · 1861, Feb. Confederate States of America organized in Montgomery, Ala., and elected Jefferson ...

Abraham Lincoln | The White House

Abraham Lincoln became the United States' 16th President in 1861, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the ...

Lincoln Time Line and Other Resource Materials

By nightfall, 26,000 men are dead, wounded or missing - the bloodiest day in U.S. military history. Sept 22, 1862 - President Lincoln issues a preliminary ...

Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

His Gettysburg Address became one of the most famous speeches in American history. Lincoln closely supervised the strategy and tactics in the war effort, ...

Lincoln Chronology - Lincoln Home National Historic Site (U.S. ...

The Long Nine were noted for their successful work in having the state capital moved from Vandalia to Springfield. Abraham Lincoln received his ...

President Abraham Lincoln Biography | American Battlefield Trust

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is known for leading the nation during the Civil War, enacting the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

The History Place presents Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln becomes President - Emancipation Proclamation - Battle of Gettysburg - Kansas-Nebraska Act - Dred Scott Decision

Abraham Lincoln | Biography, Childhood, Quotes, Death, & Facts

What is Abraham Lincoln's legacy? For many, Abraham Lincoln has gone down in history as something of a martyr for his country. That's in ...

Lincoln Facts | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Lincoln is the most written-about figure in American history, with more than 18,000 books devoted to him. Lincoln was a lawyer and politician but tried several ...

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

The presidency of Abraham Lincoln began on March 4, 1861, when Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States, and ended upon ...

Abraham Lincoln: Biography, U.S. President, Abolitionist

On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered what would become his most famous speech and one of the most important speeches in American history: the ...

Abraham Lincoln, 1809–1865 | Smithsonian Institution

One of the great unanswerable questions in American history centers on how our nation's social trajectory might have changed had Lincoln lived to serve out his ...