1860
November 6: Lincoln elected President
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 and 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 1864-May 1865: Petersburg Campaign
September 1: Fall of Atlanta
November 8: Lincoln Re-Elected as president
1865
April 9: General Lee surrendered
April 14: Lincoln assassinated.
