Abraham Lincoln

Birth-Death: (1809 - 1865 ) Term: (1861-1865 )

The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln is well known for the Civil War. Lincoln considered to breakaway states to be in rebellion, and not separated from the Union, which accounts for his lenient policies for readmitting states into the Union after the war was over.

Chronology of Abraham Lincoln

1860 - Lincoln Elected

1860 - South Carolina Secedes

1861 - Confederacy Formed

1861 - Fort Sumpter Attacked

1862 - Battle at Antietam

1863 - Emancipation Proclamation

1863 - Gettysburg

1864 - Homestead Act

1865 - Wade Davis Bill

1865 - Lee Surrenders

1865 - Lincoln Assassinated