Tag: Lincoln

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15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states

• 15th April 2025
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate States, Lincoln, Military, Secession, Union, United States, USA

Lincoln’s call for volunteers was part of his effort to maintain the authority of the federal government after several southern states seceded from the Union.

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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

• 6th November 2024
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Democracy, Election, Lincoln, President, Slavery, USA

Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.

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20th May 1862: President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law

• 20th May 2024
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American West, Homestead Act, Lincoln, Territory, United States, USA

Approximately 270 million acres of land were claimed and settled under the provisions of the act, with parcels of land continuing to be claimed in Alaska as late as the 1980s.

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12th April 1861: American Civil War begins with the Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

• 12th April 2024
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Charleston, Civil War, Confederate, Fort Sumter, Lincoln, North Carolina, Union, United States, USA

After suffering significant damage during the battle from more than 3,000 artillery rounds over 34 hours, at 2:30 p.m the following day Major Anderson and his men formally surrendered, and the Confederate forces took control of Fort Sumter.

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4th March 1865: Andrew Johnson, Vice President of the United States, delivers his inaugural address while drunk

• 4th March 2024
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, Alcohol, America, Andrew Johnson, Inauguration, Lincoln, United States, USA, Vice President, Whisky, White House

Johnson’s drunkenness during his inaugural address was widely reported in the press and was a source of embarrassment for Lincoln, who was seated nearby.

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16th February 1861: Abraham Lincoln meets the girl who advised him to grow a beard to gain more votes

• 16th February 2024
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, Beard, Grace Bedell, Inauguration, Lincoln, New York, President, United States, USA

During the presidential campaign, 11-year-old Grace Bedell had written a letter to Abraham Lincoln in which she suggested that he would look more distinguished, and garner more votes, if he grew a beard.

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31st January 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed by the US Congress to formally abolish slavery

• 31st January 2024
• Tagged as: Amendment, America, American Civil War, Emancipation, Lincoln, Racism, Slavery, Thirteenth Amendment, United States, USA

It was sent to the states for ratification the next day, a process that was concluded on 6 December after the necessary three-quarters of states approved it.

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4th October 1927: Work begins on the USA’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota

• 4th October 2023
• Tagged as: America, Art, Culture, George Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, Roosevelt, Sculpture, South Dakota, United States, USA, Washington

Washington’s face was the first to be completed, seven years after work began. In July 1939 Roosevelt was the final likeness to be dedicated.

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5th August 1861: Abraham Lincoln signs US income tax into law to help pay for the American Civil War

• 5th August 2023
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Civil War, Economy, Finance, Income Tax, Lincoln, Tax, United States

The Revenue Act of 1861 was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, imposing U.S. federal income tax for the first time.

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19th November 1863: Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Pennsylvania

• 19th November 2022
• Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Adress, Lincoln, Pennsylvania, United States, USA

Opening with the famous line ‘Four score and seven years ago,’ Lincoln made the 2-minute speech to an assembled crowd of approximately 15,000 people including six separate state governors.