Abraham Lincoln

By liljred21

  • Birth

    Birth
    Abraham Lincoln was born
  • Period: to

    Abrahams life

  • schooling

    schooling
    Attends a log cabin school

  • gneral

    gneral
    On August 4th, Abraham Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party. He begins to study law.

  • child

    March 10th, a son, Edward Baker Lincoln is born.

  • congress

    congress
    U.S. Representative Lincoln moves into a boarding house in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons. On December 6th, he takes his seat when the Thirtieth Congress convenes. December 22nd, Rep. Lincoln presents resolutions questioning President Polk about U.S. hostilities with Mexico.

  • president

    president
    lincoln becomes president

  • Bull Run

    Bull Run
    The Union suffers a defeat at Bull Run in northern Virginia.

  • National Fast

    National Fast
    The President issues a Proclamation of a National Day of Fasting.

  • Sons death

    The President's son Willie dies at age 11.

  • No Slavery

    No Slavery
    Signs an Act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.

  • War

    General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and his numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall, 26,000 men are dead, wounded or missing - the bloodiest day in U.S. military history.

  • Bills

    Bills
    The President signs a bill admitting West Virginia to the Union.

  • more war

    General Ulysses S. Grant is placed in command of the Army of the West, with orders to capture Vicksburg.

  • Equality

    The President meets with abolitionist Frederick Douglass who pushes for full equality for Union 'Negro troops.'

  • renomination

    Abraham Lincoln is nominated for a second term as president by a coalition of Republicans and War Democrats.

  • needs more military

    needs more military
    The President issues a call for 500,000 volunteers for military service.

  • speech

    Makes a speech to the 148th Ohio Regiment.

  • 2 Inauguration adress

    Inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C. with President Lincoln delivering his Second Inaugural Address.

  • shot

    Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. About 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth shoots the President in the head. Doctors attend to the President in the theater then move him to a house across the street. He never regains consciousness.

  • death

    President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning.