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Lincoln Born
Born in Kentucky -
Mother dies
Mother died when Lincoln was 9 years old -
bad head injury
Lincoln kicked in the head by horse - witnesses thought he might have been dead -
Married to Mary Todd
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Elected to Congress
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Elected President
My birthday is also November 6 :) -
Civil War started
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Emancipation Proclamtion
A Presidential Order to proclaim that slaves in the United States should be free. -
Gave the Gettysburg Address
Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg -
President Lincoln Assasinated
The first President to be killed in office he was shot at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. -
End of Civil War
Final defeat of Confederate troops and capture of Jefferson Davis - leader of Confederate forces.