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Lincoln's Birth
Abraham Lincoln is born in Hodgenville, KY. A log cabin with one window, one door, one chimney, and a hard-packed dirt floor -
Runaway Slave
A poster for a runaway slave with a reward of $400, dead or alive! -
The Crime Against Kansas
A news paper drawing of Preston Brooks attacking Charles Sumner. -
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was elected president of the southern confederate states of America. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln reads the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet.The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. -
Riding to Gettysburg
Lincoln rides on his horse to Gettysburg to speak the Gettysburg address.