He had married Mary Todd on November 4, 1842.
They had four children; Robert Todd (1843–1926 - age 83 at death), Edward Baker (1846–1850 - age 4 years old at death), William Wallace (1850–1862 - age 12 at death), Thomas “Tad” (1853–1871 - age 18 at death)
The First Secession Convention was held in South Carolina 41 days after Lincoln winning the election of 1860. It was held on December 17, 1860. Three days later South Carolina seceded from the Union. By January South Carolina would be joined by six other states.
February would see the government of "The Confederate States of America" formed in Montgomery, Alabama. Jefferson Davis is appointed President of the new confederacy. He was to be replaced with first available election.
March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated the 16th President of the United States of America, which also included the southern states that seceded.
President Lincoln bearly moved into the White House when the first shots were leveled at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Civil War had begun on April 12, 1861. Three days later President Lincoln made a public address regarding the insurrection in the south and requested 75,000 troops to end the rebellion.
The rest is history.
President Lincoln never knew the USA in peace time. He brought peace through the US Civil War on May 26, 1865 when General Simon Bolivar Buckner agreed to surrender on June 2, 1865.The Civil War officially ends.
April 9, 1865 General of the Confederacy Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
April 15, 1865, six days later, President Lincoln would be assassinated.
They had four children; Robert Todd (1843–1926 - age 83 at death), Edward Baker (1846–1850 - age 4 years old at death), William Wallace (1850–1862 - age 12 at death), Thomas “Tad” (1853–1871 - age 18 at death)
The First Secession Convention was held in South Carolina 41 days after Lincoln winning the election of 1860. It was held on December 17, 1860. Three days later South Carolina seceded from the Union. By January South Carolina would be joined by six other states.
February would see the government of "The Confederate States of America" formed in Montgomery, Alabama. Jefferson Davis is appointed President of the new confederacy. He was to be replaced with first available election.
March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated the 16th President of the United States of America, which also included the southern states that seceded.
President Lincoln bearly moved into the White House when the first shots were leveled at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The Civil War had begun on April 12, 1861. Three days later President Lincoln made a public address regarding the insurrection in the south and requested 75,000 troops to end the rebellion.
The rest is history.
President Lincoln never knew the USA in peace time. He brought peace through the US Civil War on May 26, 1865 when General Simon Bolivar Buckner agreed to surrender on June 2, 1865.The Civil War officially ends.
April 9, 1865 General of the Confederacy Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
April 15, 1865, six days later, President Lincoln would be assassinated.
