March 6, 1860: Speech on slavery in New Haven, Connecticut
May 18, 1860: Nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States
November 6, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as 16th U.S. president
December 20, 1860: South Carolina secedes from the Union shortly followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.
February 11, 1861: Lincoln Leaves Springfield for Washington
March 4: President Lincoln delivers his First Inaugural Address
March 10: (POD) President Lincoln takes to his bed suffering from severe headaches.
March 21: President Lincoln Passes in the night after nearly two weeks of relentless decline (bacterial meningitis).
March 22: Hannibal Hamlin of Maine Sworn as 17th President of the United States.
MORE TO FOLLOW..........................