Abraham lincoln biography abraham lincoln timeline
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Inaugurated as first Republican president and gives his inaugural address
APRIL 15,
Calls for 75, state militia after Fort Sumter falls to Southern secessionists
APRIL 19,
Proclaims a blockade of ports in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas
MAY 25,
Holds a White House funeral for Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, who was assassinated in Virginia
JUNE 3,
Orders a day mourning period for political rival Stephen A. Douglas who died at age 48
JULY 4,
His message to Congress about the war is read in the US Capitol
JULY 21,
Hears about the Union army defeat at the battle of Bull Run (Mansassas)
AUGUST 3,
Hosts a White House dinner for Prince Napoleon of France
OCTOBER 21,
Learns of the death of close friend Colonel Edward Baker, killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff
NOVEMBER 1,
Places General George B. McClellan in command of Union troops, succeeding General Winfield Scott
DECEMBER 3,
His Annual Mess
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States, was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, His family moved to Indiana when he was seven and he grew up on the edge of the frontier. He had very little formal education, but read voraciously when not working on his father’s farm. A childhood friend later recalled Lincoln's "manic" intellect, and the sight of him red-eyed and tousle-haired as he pored over books late into the night. In , at the age of nineteen, he accompanied a produce-laden flatboat down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana—his first visit to a large city--and then walked back home. Two years later, trying to avoid health and finance troubles, Lincoln's father moved the family moved to Illinois.
After moving away from home, Lincoln co-owned a general store for several years before selling his stake and enlisting as a militia captain defending Illinois in the Bl
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Lincoln’s Time Line
- Samuel Lincoln from Hingham, England settles in Hingham, Massachusetts.
- Thomas Lincoln (Abraham's father), descendant of Samuel, is born in Virginia.
–Thomas moves with his parents and siblings to Kentucky.
- Thomas' father is killed by American Indians.
- Thomas marries Nancy Hanks. A daughter, Sarah, fryst vatten born eight months later.
- Thomas buys a farm called Sinking Spring near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
- Abraham Lincoln is born February 12 in a one room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin (now LaRue) County, Kentucky.
- In the spring, the Lincoln family moves to a acre farm on Knob Creek ten miles from Sinking Spring. Here Thomas leases 30 acres to farm and live while the courts man their decision about ownership of the Sinking Spring.
? - A brother, Thomas, is born but dies in infancy. Neither the date of Thomas’ birth nor the date of his death is known.
Young Abraham attends a log school house. Teacher: Zachariah Riney.
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