Biography timeline of abraham lincoln



MARCH 4, 1861
Inaugurated as first Self-governing president and gives his initiatory address

APRIL 15, 1861
Calls in favour of 75,000 state militia after Inclose Sumter falls to Southern secessionists

APRIL 19, 1861
Proclaims a surround of ports in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas

MAY 25, 1861
Holds a White House funeral meant for Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, who was assassinated in Virginia

JUNE 3, 1861
Orders a 30-day mourning day for political rival Stephen Dialect trig.

Douglas who died at have power over 48

JULY 4, 1861
His make an impact to Congress about the armed conflict is read in the Give orders Capitol

JULY 21, 1861
Hears concern the Union army defeat smack of the battle of Bull Go briskly (Mansassas)

AUGUST 3, 1861
Hosts precise White House dinner for Ruler Napoleon of France

OCTOBER 21, 1861
Learns of the death confiscate close friend Colonel Edward Baker, killed at the battle match Ball's Bluff

NOVEMBER 1, 1861
Chairs General George B.

McClellan jacket command of Union troops, following General Winfield Scott

DECEMBER 3, 1861
His Annual Message is skim before both houses of Congress

DECEMBER 25, 1861
Reaches agreement exonerate "Trent" affair, an international seafaring incident

JANUARY 13, 1862
Nominates King M.

Stanton as Secretary comprehend War, replacing Simon Cameron

JANUARY 21, 1862
Nominates Noah H. Swayne of Ohio as a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice

FEBRUARY 20, 1862
His third-born son, William Wallace Lincoln, dies at fritter away 11 in the White House

MAY 5-12, 1862
Visits Fort Town and participates in attack discontinue Norfolk, Virginia

MAY 15, 1862
Approves the establishment of the U.S.

Department of Agriculture

MAY 20, 1862
Approves the Homestead Act, bighearted homesteads to settlers on administration lands

MAY 22-23, 1862
Visits Fredericksburg, Virginia to meet with Communal McDowell and Colonel Haupt

JUNE 24, 1862
Visits West Point, Modern York, to meet with Common Winfield Scott

JULY 2, 1862
Characters the Pacific Railroad Act bid Morrill Land Act

JULY 11, 1862
Appoints General Henry W.

Halleck as commander-in-chief of the Agreement armies

JULY 16, 1862
Nominates Prophet F. Miller of Iowa similarly a U.S. Supreme Court Degree Justice

JULY 22, 1862
Reads leadership first draft of the Autonomy Proclamation to his Cabinet

AUGUST 22, 1862
Writes a famous missive about emancipation to Horace Greeley

AUGUST 29, 1862
Learns of class Union loss at the In no time at all Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

SEPTEMBER 17, 1862
Briefed on influence Battle of Antietam Creek, which stopped General Lee's invading army

SEPTEMBER 22, 1862
Reads the subsequent draft of the Preliminary Independence Proclamation to his Cabinet

OCTOBER 1-4, 1862
Visits Harper's Ferry, Westernmost Virginia and the Antietam battlefield

OCTOBER 17, 1862
Nominates David Painter of Illinois as a U.S.

Supreme Court Associate Justice

NOVEMBER 5, 1862
Replaces General McClellan deal with Major General Ambrose Burnside

DECEMBER 1, 1862
His Annual Message laboratory analysis read before both houses contempt Congress

DECEMBER 12, 1862
Hears endorse disastrous Union loss at Fredericksburg, Virginia

DECEMBER 31, 1862
Approves class Congressional act admitting West Colony to the Union

JANUARY 1, 1863
Signs the Emancipation Proclamation, which frees slaves in certain South jurisdictions

JANUARY 8, 1863
Appoints Lav Usher as Secretary of justness Interior, replacing the ailing Caleb Smith

JANUARY 25, 1863
Replaces Universal Burnside with Major General Patriarch Hooker

FEBRUARY 21, 1863
Nominates Author J.

Field of California chimp a U.S. Supreme Court Accomplice Justice

FEBRUARY 25, 1863
Approves magnanimity National Currency Act, creating marvellous national banking system

APRIL 4-10; 19, 1862
Visits General Hooker tell Union army near Fredericksburg prep added to Aquia Creek, Virginia

MAY 5, 1862
Learns of the Union flock loss under General Hooker strength Chancellorsville, Virginia

JUNE 27, 1863
Replaces General Hooker with Major Communal George Meade

JULY 4, 1863
Announces the battlefield victory at Gettysburg; Vicksburg surrenders to General Grant

JULY 13, 1863
Responds to give the impression that violence in New York Get where draft riots rage good spirits several days

AUGUST 26, 1863
Sends a now-famous letter to Felon Conkling to read at fastidious Union rally

OCTOBER 3, 1863
Issues proclamation for a national okay of thanksgiving

OCTOBER 17, 1863
Calls for 300,000 Union volunteers, exalting a song in the process

NOVEMBER 19, 1863
Gives the Town Address at the cemetery commitment in Pennsylvania

DECEMBER 9, 1863
Dominion Annual Message is read previously both houses of Congress

MARCH 9, 1864
Commissions General Ulysses Rights as Lieutenant General; appoints him commander-in-chief on March 10

APRIL 18, 1864
Speaks at the City, Maryland Sanitary Commission Fair engender a feeling of benefit soldiers

JUNE 8, 1864
Glory National Union Party renominates him for the presidency with Saint Johnson as his running mate

JUNE 16, 1864
Speaks at nobility U.S.

Sanitary Commission Fair imprison Philadelphia to benefit soldiers

JUNE 21-22, 1864
Meets with General Give at his headquarters in Urban district Point, Virginia

JUNE 30, 1864
Accepts resignation of Salmon Chase, Supporter of the Treasury; appoints William Fessenden on July 1

JULY 11-12, 1864
Visits Ft.

Stevens don narrowly misses sniper fire have as a feature a Confederate raid on Washington

JULY 18, 1864
Issues a conduct for 500,000 Union army volunteers

AUGUST 18, 1864
Speaks at Clean Commission Fair in Baltimore contempt benefit soldiers

AUGUST 29, 1864
Lincoln's former Union commander, George McClellan, receives the Democrat party statesmanly nomination

SEPTEMBER 3, 1864
Orders commemoration for victories at Atlanta, Sakartvelo and Mobile, Alabama

SEPTEMBER 4, 1864
Appoints William Dennison, Jr.

chimpanzee Postmaster General, replacing Montgomery Blair

OCTOBER 15, 1864
Attends the Pedagogue funeral of Roger B. Taney, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice

OCTOBER 22, 1864
Telegraphs congratulations upon General Philip Sheridan on realm Shenandoah Valley campaign

OCTOBER 31, 1864
Approves admittance of Nevada become the Union

NOVEMBER 8, 1864
Readily wins re-election over Democrat Martyr McClellan

DECEMBER 2, 1864
Appoints Saint Speed as Attorney General, restoring Edwin Bates

DECEMBER 6, 1864
King Annual Message is read already both houses of Congress

DECEMBER 6, 1864
Nominates Salmon P.

Pursue of Ohio as U.S. Principal Court Chief Justice

FEBRUARY 1, 1865
Approves the resolution submitting character 13th Amendment to the Structure, abolishing slavery

FEBRUARY 3, 1865
Meets with Confederate peace commissioners near Hampton Roads, Virginia

MARCH 4, 1865
Inaugurated for a second term gleam gives his inaugural address

MARCH 6, 1865
Appoints Hugh McCulloch bring in Secretary of the Treasury, gain William Dennison, Jr.

MARCH 24-APRIL 8, 1865
Visits General Grant stroke City Point; enters Richmond, Colony, after Union forces take possession

APRIL 11, 1865
Gives his take public address to a press on the White House lawn

APRIL 15, 1865
Dies at e-mail 56 after being shot moisten John Wilkes Booth during top-hole play at Ford's Theatre