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Birth
On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in a one room log cabin in Nolin Creek, Kentucky.
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License to practice law
On September 9, 1836, Lincoln received his license to practice law.
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U.S. House of Representatives
On August 3, 1846, Abraham Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Speaks against Dred Scott Decision
On June 26, 1857, Representative Lincoln speaks against the Dred Scott Decision in Springfield.
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16th President of the U.S.
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President of the United States.
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Civil War begins
At 4:30 A.M., Confederate artillery opens fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the Civil War.
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Emancipation Proclamation issued
On the 1st of January, 1863, President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in territories held by Confederates.
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Gettysburg Address
On November 19, 1863, president Lincoln delivers the legendary Gettyburg Address at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery.
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Civil War ends
On April 9, 1865, the Civil War ends as General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox in Virginia.
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Death
On April 14, 1865, Lincoln and his wife Mary see the play "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. At about 10:13 p.m., during the third act of the play, John Wilkes Booth shoots the President in the head, and dies at 7:22 in the morning the next day.
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