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His mother
His father, Thomas Lincoln marries Nancy Hanks.Thomas is a jokster and a story teller. -
Birth
Abe was born near Hodgenville,Kentucky in a log cabin. -
Moving
Thomas moves to Indiana when Abe was 7. -
The Disease
A disease called milk sickness(now known to be caused by a plant called white snake root). Nancy and her relatives caught it and ended up dying. -
Sarah
When Abe was eighteen his sister,Sarah died giving birth to her first child. -
Moving once again
Thomas sold his farm and his family moved to central Illinois. -
New Salem
Abe arrives in New Salem -
Offutt's store
The Offutt store which was frequintly visited by Abe closes. -
Abe runs
Abe runs for state legislature again. -
Passing
Abe passes his exams in law school. -
Reelection
He wins reelection in 1838 and again in 1840. -
Mary
Abe meets Mary in the winter of 1839. She is witty,vivacious, and stylish. -
Ghost Town
By this time New Salem was a ghost town. It would have been forgotten if Lincoln hadn't lived there. -
Mary
By the summer of 1840 they were courting in earnest. By Christmas they are engaged. -
Mary
Abe breaks off the engagement do to depression. -
mary and lincoln
They get married -
Mary
Mary and Abe intend to be married. -
Three sons
Mary give birth to Eddie -
War
A war breaks out between Mexico and the US -
Congress
Lincoln takes his seat in congress. -
Reelection once again
Abe wins again. -
Congress
Abe's congressional term ends. -
three sons
Mary give birth to Willie -
Eddie
Eddie falls gravely ill and dies. -
three sons
Mary give birth to Thomas or Tad. -
New Party
A new party founded in 1845 works to stop slavery. -
War
Warfare broke out in Kansas. -
Sepreme Court
The US supreme court cant stop slavery.(in other nations) -
Nomination
Abe wins a nomination for the new party. -
Stephen Douglas
Abe campaigns against S. Douglas -
Possible President
Republicans unanimously chose Abe as favorite son. -
President
Abe voted for president -
Robert Todd Lincoln
Abe's eldest son is a student at Harvard University. -
ASSASINATION??
Rumors spread of assasination. -
Lincoln The Great Emancipator
"My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union and is not either to save or destroy slavery." -
Idea
By the summer of 1862 he had a planthat would hold loyal slave state in the Union, while striking at the enemies of the Union. -
Fever
Both boys come down with fevers. Tad recovers but Willie died on the 20th of February. -
The Revealing
He revealed the plan to his cabinet, they approved it. -
Fifth Corps HQ (FC HQ)
Abe visits FC HQ and talks with General Goerge B. McClellan and his staff near Sharpsburg,Maryland. -
Gettysburg Address
He gives his speech, thinking it was a failure.Which it wasn't. -
Goerge B. McClellan
Goerge runs against Abe. -
ASSASSINATION??!!
More assassination rumors spread and letters come in marked assassination. -
13th Amendment
Slavery is stopped!!! -
Death
Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 a.m. at the age of 56.