...In April 15,1865, with the Union on the brink of victory, Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by the Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth; his untimely death made him a martyr to the cause of liberty and Union. Over the years Lincoln’s mythic stature has only grown, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in the nation’s history....
Abraham Lincoln was elected November 6, 1860, the first secession was South Carolina on December 20, 1860 and by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. President Lincoln would take office March 4, 1861. The American Civil War started April 12, 1861 and ended April 9, 1865.
President Lincoln was precipitous to the beginning of the Civil War.
