Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War

General Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, which is exactly five days later.

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was known as the Ten Percent Plan, which allowed Southern states to rejoin the Union once 10 percent of their 1860 voters took an oath of allegiance.

During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus to deal with dissenters and ensure security, particularly in border states like Maryland.

Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, which was five days after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam.

Lincoln's primary goal was the preservation of the Union. He famously stated that if he could save the Union without freeing any slave, he would do it, and if he could save it by freeing all the slaves, he would do that as well.

Following the attack on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers, the upper South states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas seceded from the Union.

After the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Lincoln responded by calling for 75,000 volunteers to suppress the rebellion.

Lincoln maintained that the Union was perpetual and that no state had the legal authority to secede, directly contradicting the views held by Buchanan during the transition.

Many Southerners feared that Lincoln's election signaled an end to their way of life, specifically the institution of slavery and their perceived rights as states.

Abraham Lincoln was indeed the first president elected from the Republican Party, which had been formed in the mid-1850s.

Lincoln gained national prominence during the 1858 Illinois Senate race against Stephen Douglas, specifically through their series of public debates.