CHRONOLOGY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, February 12, 1809. Death of his mother, Nancy, October 5, 1818. Father married Sarah Bush Johnston, 1819. Captain in Black Hawk War in 1832. Appointed postmaster at New Salem, Illinois, in 1833. Presidential elector on Whig ticket, 1840. Married to Miss Mary Todd, November 4, 1842. Elected to Congress in 1846, 1848. Father, Thomas Lincoln, died January 17, 1851. Canvassed Illinois for prohibition in 1855. Debated with Stephen A. Douglas in 1858. Nominated for President of United States at Chicago, May 16, 1860. Elected President, November 6, 1860. Inaugurated President, March 4, 1861. Issued call for 75,000 volunteers, April 15, 1861. Issued Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863. Renominated for President, June, 1864. Reëlected President, November 8, 1864. Reinaugurated President, March 4, 1865. Shot by John Wilkes Booth, April 14, 1865. Died April 15, 1865. Buried at Springfield, Illinois, May 3, 1865. ANNIVERSARY DATES Ground Hog Day Lincoln's Birthday Valentine Day Washington's Birthday Inauguration Day. All Fools' Day Good Friday Arbor Day Decoration Day Children's Day Independence Day Thanksgiving Day Forefathers' Day Christmas Day ..January 1 . February 2 February 12 . February 14 .February 22 March 4 .. April 1 . April 14 (1865) April 22 May 30 . June 1 . June 14 . July 4 September 5 . October 31 November 24 (1864) December 22 .. December 25 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The compiler of this volume is chiefly indebted to the following sources of information on Lincoln literature, with privilege of using selections: J. H. Barrett: "Life, Speeches, and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln." F. B. Carpenter: "Six months at the White House." The Independent, New York. J. B. McClure: "Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln." Rhodes & McClure Publishing Co., Chicago. D. D. Thompson: "Abraham Lincoln, the First American." Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati. G. M. Van Buren: "Abraham Lincoln's Pen and Voice." The Robert Clarke Co., Cincinnati. Paul Selby: "Stories and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln." Thompson & Thomas, Chicago. John G. Nicolay: "Abraham Lincoln: A Short History." The Century Co., New York. C. M. Nichols: "Life of Abraham Lincoln." The Crowell Publishing Co., Springfield, Ohio. McClure's Magazine, New York. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY 1 (Emancipation Day) He hath sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. Isaiah 61: 1. Henceforth Shall be Free. (Emancipation Proclamation, issued January 1, 1863, setting at liberty four million slaves.) By virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recog nize and maintain the freedom of such persons. . . . And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God. You freed the bondman from his iron master, -Eugene J. Hall. |