During 1832 Lincoln enlisted in the 31st regiment and became captain. Later

that year he re-enlisted with Captain Jacob Early’s independent spy company at Fort Wilbourn. In August he ran as a candidate for the Illinois legislature but was defeated eighth out of thirteen candidates. Lincoln was appointed Postmaster of New Salem the following year and in 1834 was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in his second bid for office.

In the fall of 1836 he and Mrs. Bennett Abel made a deal that if she brought her single sister to New Salem he had to promise to marry her. When she arrived he was not pleased with her because her skin was full of fat

In honor of our nation’s 16th president, the Lincoln Memorial at Washington D.C was dedicated in 1922 on May 30th.

The Battle of Antietam happened on September 17th, 1862 and it was fought on the countryside near the town of Sharpsburg and along the Antietam Creek. It killed and wounded 26000 men; it was the bloodiest day in all of American history. The Sioux were starving and mad that they were taken from their land and killed more than 200 settlers that day. They held trials for two months to decide the fate of the Indians. On September 22, 1862 Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet. It promised that on January 1, 1863 all slaves would be free.

Illinois State Convention Nominated Lincoln to run against Stephan Douglas for United States Senate.

Gettysburg was a terrible three-day battle between the Union and Confederate. A total of 51000 men were killed. At the funeral for the men that died in the battle, Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. On April 14, 1865 the president was happy because the war was finally over. What he did not know is that his assassination was being planned on this day. John Wilkes Booth’s hatred of Lincoln and the North was out of control. He had to do something. John believed the country was for whites only. He wanted to kidnap the president but he needed help. Sam Arnold, Michael O’ Laughlin, and John Surrat wanted to help him. But when they heard John wanted to kill Lincoln they dropped out. Then Lewis Powell and Mary Surrat joined him. Booth’s plan was to capture and smuggle Lincoln Potomac River into Confederate hands and use him as blackmail. Lincoln attended Ford’s Theater that day. John climbed up into his box and made a peephole so he could watch Lincoln. Then on April 14th, 1865 shortly after 10 P.M. John Wilkes Booth entered Lincoln’s box and shot him in the left side of his head. Then Booth immediately stabbed Rathbone and jumped onto the stage and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis.” Lincoln was rushed to a house across the street. His family gathered around him and watched him die at 7:22 the next mornin

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