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Abraham Lincoln Born
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Abraham Lincoln
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Elected to General Assembly
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Abraham Lincoln Elected President of the United States
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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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President 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