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17 Apr 1865
American boarding house owner Mary Surratt was arrested for taking part in President Lincoln's assassination.
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15 Apr 1865
President Abraham Lincoln died.
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14 Apr 1865
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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20 Oct 1864
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
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18 Jul 1864
President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
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8 Dec 1863
Abraham Lincoln issued his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for the Reconstruction of the South.
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19 Nov 1863
One of the greatest speeches of all American history, The Gettysburg Address, was given by Abraham Lincoln.
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3 Oct 1863
American president Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day.
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30 Jul 1863
Abraham Lincoln issued an order called 'eye-for-eye,' allowing Union soldiers to one rebel prisoner for every black prisoner the Confederacy shot.
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6 Dec 1862
US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
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22 Sep 1862
Former President Abraham Lincoln ordered the emancipation of slaves across the US from January 1, 1863.
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19 Jun 1862
President Lincoln signed an Act that made slavery illegal in US territories.
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20 May 1862
President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Acts into law.
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15 May 1862
The US Department of Agriculture was created after being signed into legislation by President Abraham Lincoln.
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16 Apr 1861
Abraham Lincoln outlawed business with the Confederate States during the Civil War.
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20 Dec 1860
South Carolina seceded from the United States of America.
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6 Nov 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States of America.
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15 Oct 1860
At 11 years old, Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln, saying he should grow a beard.
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18 May 1860
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
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22 May 1849
Abraham Lincoln received a patent for a device that would lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
