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1860 | |
| November 6 | Lincoln elected President |
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1861 | |
| March 4 | Lincoln inaugurated |
| April 12 | Firing on Fort Sumter, S.C., initiated the Civil War |
| July 21 | 1st Battle of Bull Run |
1862 | |
| June-September | 2nd Bull Run Campaign |
| July 13 | Lincoln read initial draft of the Emancipation Proclamation to Secretaries Seward and Welles |
| July 22 | Lincoln discussed Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation at a Cabinet Meeting. |
| September | Antietam Campaign |
| September 22 | Cabinet discussion of Emancipation First printing of preliminary version of Emancipation Proclamation |
1863 | |
| January 1 | Lincoln signed the Final Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation |
| April-May | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| June-July | Gettysburg Campaign |
| November 19 | The Gettysburg Address |
1864 | |
| April 4 | Lincoln explained his choices related to emancipation |
| May-December | The March Toward Richmond |
| May 5-7 | Grant's Wilderness Campaign |
| May 7-20 | Battle of Spotsylvania |
| June '64-May '65 | Petersburg Campaign |
| September 1 | Fall of Atlanta |
| November 8 | Lincoln Re-Elected |
1865 | |
| April 9 | General Lee surrendered |
| April 14 | Lincoln assassinated. (Further details in Lincoln assassination timeline.) |
John Sellers, Library of Congress Manuscript Division Historian.
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