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Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
The life and death of the 16th President of the United States of America. -
Abraham Lincoln was born.
Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln in a cabin outside of Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809. At the time the Lincoln's had one other child named Sarah (she died at the age of 19 during childbirth in 1828)
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Thomas Spencer moves his family to Spencer County Indiana
Thomas Spencer moved his family to Spencer County, Indiana so that they could purchase land directily and where slavery was prohibited. At the age of 7, young Abraham couldn't have known the impact he would have on abolishing slavery in the future. Abraham Lincoln lived here til 1830 when he moved his family to Illinois.
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The Lincoln's move to Illinois
This is the house that Abraham Lincoln shared with Mary Todd Lincoln and their boys. This is the only house that Lincoln owned in his lifetime. -
Abraham Lincoln is elected to the Illinois State Legislature
1834 Abraham was elected to the state legislature. Lincoln was a Whig and maintained that style throughout his political career. he serves four terms with the House of Representatives. The Whigg party is defined as a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs. -
First public speech against slavery
The following protest was presented to the House, which was read and ordered to be spread on the journals, to wit: "Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than to abate its evils. -
Lincoln marries Mary Todd
Abraham and Mary (nicknamed; Molly) were married in Springfeild, Illinois at the home of her sister. Four sons were born of the union. Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas (Tad). Edward died at the age of 31/2, William died at age 11, and when Tad died at the age of 18 in 1871 it threw Mary over the brink into insanity. After a brief stint in a mental institution she lived with her sister Elizabeth in Springfield, Iliinois. Mary Todd Lincoln died there at the age of 63 in 1882. -
Lincoln wins election to the House of Representatives
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. -
Lincoln takes his seat in Congress
Lincoln moved from the Illinois State Legislature to the United States Congress, defeating the evangelist Peter Cartwright in Illinois' Seventh District. The victory marked a major step in Lincoln's political career, and introduced him to the national political stage. But the campaign also brought new scrutiny to Lincoln's beliefs. His term ended on April 4, 1849. -
Lincoln Joins the Republican Party
Lincoln joins the Republican Party. the party adopts an anti-slavery platform. -
Lincoln is nominated for President of United States
Abraham Lincoln is nominated by the Republican Party for President of the United States. Lincoln wins the election defeating Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckenridge and John Bell. -
South Carolina secedes from the Union.
South Carolina secedes from the Union. Its people did not want Lincoln to be President. 10 other states follow. -
Linoln is Inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States
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The start of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860 that finally tipped the nation into a state of civil war. When Abraham Lincolin became President the southern states seceded and war began.
Fighting began at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 when Union troops were fired upon. Lincoln called on the states to 'preserve the union' and states needed to take sides. Virginia was the first to declare secession, followed by others. -
Lincoln signs the Homestead Act
The Homestead Act, enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. Claimants were required to “improve” the plot by building a dwelling and cultivating the land. After 5 years on the land, the original filer was entitled to the property, free and clear, except for a small registration fee. Title could also be acquired after only a 6-month residency a -
Preliminary draft of Emancipation Proclamation Issued
President Lincoln issued this first printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in general orders format, as an order from the Commander-in-Chief to the armed forces. Because he had direct control over the Army, the President thus made it unnecessary to go through Congress to activate the Proclamation. The preliminary version differs from the final version of January 1, 1863, in placing a greater emphasis on the preservation of the Union as a motivating force for the Proclamation. -
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation ProclamationAs the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
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President Abraham Lincoln is re-elected
Northern voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies of President Abraham Lincoln when they elect him to a second term. With his re-election, any hope for a negotiated settlement with the Confederacy vanished -
Lincoln's final speech.
The last speech Abraham Lincoln made on April 11 1865 is believed to have prompted John Wilkes Booth to an act of assassination rather than his previously considered kidnapping. -
Lincoln delivers his Second Inauagural Address
Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressAbraham Lincoln's second inaugural address was delivered during the final days of the Civil War and only a month before he was assassinated. In his second inaugural address, Lincoln discussed the war and slavery. -
Abraham Lincoln is shot at Ford's Theatre
A witness to the assassinationOriginally, John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland, had formulated a plan to kidnap Lincoln in exchange for the release of Confederate prisoners. After attending an April 11 speech in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for blacks, an incensed Booth changed his plans and determined to assassinate the president. -
Abraham Lincoln dead!
The day Lincoln died.Abraham Lincoln passes away at 7:22 a.m. A famous quote made by Secretary of War Edwon Stanton proclaims, "He now belongs to the ages." -
John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed
A shot rings out fired by Sergeant Boston Corbett. Booth falls, paralyzed. Carried to the porch of the farmhouse, Lincoln's assassin lingers between life and death finally succumbing around seven in the morning. Booth's body was buried beneath the floor of the penitentiary in Washington D.C. -
President Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest.
Lincoln's Final JourneyThe 16th President of the United States is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetary in Springfield, Illinois. -
Lincoln assassination conspirators hanged
Lincoln conspiritors hangedEight individuals were tried as conspirators: Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell. David Herold and George Atzerodt were hanged, Samuel Mudd, Samuel Arnold and Michael O'Laughlen got life and Edmund Spangler got six years.
