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Date of Birth: Born on February 12 1809
Place of Birth : Kentucky.
Parents: Father - Thomas Lincoln
Mother: Nancy Hanks -
Moving
The Lincoln family move to a 230 acre farm near Sinking Spring. -
moving to another state
The Lincoln family move to Indiana -
legend
Legend states that Abraham shot a wild turkey but hated the experience and never hunted again. -
death of his mother
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thomas marries again
homas Lincoln marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston who becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln -
moving into illonis
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abe settles in new salem working as a clerk
First political speech of Abe in favor of improving navigation on the Sangamon River. -
lincoln becomes a candidate
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store fails
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Lincoln is elected to the Illinois General Assembly
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Moves Springfield
Establishes as a law partner of John T. Stuart
His proposal to Mary Owens is declined -
lincoln presents his first case before the Illinois Supreme Court
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Gives a speech against war policy regarding Mexico
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Speech on slavery in New Haven, Connecticut
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braham Lincoln is elected as 16th U.S. president
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Attack on Fort Sumter - Confederates under General Pierre Beauregard open fire marking the start of the Civil War
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surrendering
General Robert E. Lee surrenders his Confederate Army to General Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia -
assasination
resident Lincoln and his wife Mary go to Ford's Theater to see the play "Our American Cousin" . During the third act of the play John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head at approx 10:13 p.m.
April 15: President Abraham Lincoln dies at 7:22 in the morning. Vice President Andrew Johnson assumes the presidency