The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Abraham Lincoln:
Abraham Lincoln – 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
United States Declaration of Independence – while this document was instrumental in the founding of the United States, it was also a statement of human rights, most notably through the phrase that "all men are created equal". Abraham Lincoln made the document the centerpiece of his rhetoric (as in the Gettysburg Address of 1863), and his policies. He considered it to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted.
Abraham Lincoln and slavery
Electoral history of Abraham Lincoln
Campaigning for Congress (1843)
Campaigning for Henry Clay (1844)
Campaigning for Congress (1846)
Republican National Convention, 1856
United States Senate election (Illinois), 1858 – Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party candidate, and ran against incumbent Stephen Douglas of the Democratic Party. Stephen Douglas remained Senator, but the debates between the two propelled the popularity of Lincoln and acquired for him a national reputation, which helped him to be chosen as the Republican candidate for President in 1860.
Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858 – held publicly in 7 towns, they drew especially large numbers of people from neighboring states, as the issue of slavery was of monumental importance to citizens everywhere in the nation. The debates were covered in complete detail in newspapers across the country.
Republican National Convention, 1860
United States presidential election, 1860
1860 campaign song
Republican National Convention, 1864
National Union Party
United States presidential election, 1864
Illinois Legislature, 1834–1842
House of Representatives (1847–1849)
Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Perpetual Union
Lincoln Bible
Second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore Plot
American Civil War
Origins of the American Civil War
Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech
Confiscation Acts
President Lincoln's 75,000 Volunteers
Revenue Act of 1861
Origin of the Anaconda Plan
RMS Trent Affair
Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
Separation of West Virginia from Virginia
Overland Campaign strategy – Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln devised a coordinated strategy that would strike at the heart of the Confederacy from multiple directions. This was the first time the Union armies would have a coordinated offensive strategy across a number of theaters.
Hampton Roads Conference
Evacuation and Capture of Richmond
Lincoln's presidential Reconstruction
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution – the amendment that abolished slavery
Dakota War of 1862
Department of the Northwest
Homestead Act of 1862
National Bank Act
Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation – in 1863, Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, and set it as the last Thursday in November. It has remained thus ever since.
Birchard Letter
Bixby letter
Formation of the National Academy of Sciences – the NAS was founded in 1863 by an Act of Congress, and signed into existence by President Lincoln.
United States Department of Agriculture#Formation and subsequent history
State of the Union Address, 1863
1864
Abraham Lincoln and slavery
Lincoln's other enactments
List of federal judges appointed by Abraham Lincoln
People pardoned or granted clemency by Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln catafalque
Lyceum address (1838)
Peoria speech (1854)
"Lost Speech" (1856)
House Divided speech (1858)
Lincoln-Douglas debates (1858)
Cooper Union Address (1860)
Farewell Address (1861)
First inaugural address (1861)
Gettysburg Address (1863 event) – this speech was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg. In his address, Lincoln reiterated the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the preservation of the Union sundered by the secession crisis, with "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens. Lincoln also redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union, but also for the principle of human equality.
Second inaugural address (1865)
Early life and career of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln in the Black Hawk War
Matson Trial
Spot Resolutions
Abraham Lincoln's patent
Hurd v. Rock Island Bridge Co.
Baltimore Plot
Lincoln's beard
Medical and mental health of Abraham Lincoln
Poetry of Abraham Lincoln
Religious views of Abraham Lincoln
Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln and slavery
Lincoln family
Mary Todd Lincoln (wife)
Robert Todd Lincoln (son)
Edward Baker Lincoln (son)
William Wallace Lincoln (son)
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (son)
Mary Todd "Mamie" Lincoln (granddaughter)
Abraham Lincoln II (grandson)
Jessie Lincoln (granddaughter)
Thomas Lincoln (father)
Nancy Hanks Lincoln (mother)
Sarah Bush Lincoln (stepmother)
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (sister)
Abraham Lincoln (paternal grandfather)
Mordecai Lincoln (paternal uncle)
Mary Lincoln Crume (paternal aunt)
John Hanks (maternal cousin)
Joseph Hanks (great-grandfather)
Samuel Lincoln (17th-century ancestor)
Mary Lincoln Beckwith (great-granddaughter)
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (great-grandson)
Timothy Lincoln Beckwith (great-great-grandson)
Homes and places
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial
Lincoln's New Salem
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Lincoln Pioneer Village
Little Pigeon Creek Community
Cottage at the Soldier's Home
Lincoln Bedroom
Lincoln Sitting Room
Ford's Theatre
Petersen House
Lincoln Tomb
Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Highway
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln/Net
List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Prize
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln on U.S. postage stamps
Lincoln's image on money
Lincoln penny
List of United States Presidents on currency#Abraham Lincoln
Films about Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (1924)
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
The Face of Lincoln (1955)
Lincoln (2012)
Killing Lincoln (2013)
Memorials to and monuments of Abraham Lincoln
Memorials to Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (Healy painting)
Abraham Lincoln sculpture, Washington D.C.
Lincoln's Birthday
Lincoln Memorial
Abraham Lincoln (French, 1920
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Knob Creek Farm
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Mount Rushmore
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln Park
Lincoln State Park
Lincoln Trail State Memorial
The Peacemakers painting
Abraham Lincoln: The Man
Abraham Lincoln (1912)
Abraham Lincoln (Flannery)
Abraham Lincoln (1920)
Abraham Lincoln (French, 1920)
Lincoln the Lawyer statue
Abraham Lincoln Statue (Kentucky)
Young Abe Lincoln (1962)
Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State
Abraham Lincoln: The Man statue
Abraham Lincoln (Cecere)
Lincoln's ghost
Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln's World
Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People
Abraham Lincoln: A History
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years
Assassination Vacation
Forced into Glory
I Am Abraham Lincoln
Killing Lincoln
Lincoln and Darwin
Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion
Lincoln at Gettysburg
Lincoln the Unknown
Lincoln Unmasked
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
The Fate of Liberty
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Why Lincoln Matters
Abraham Lincoln Association
Abraham Lincoln Institute
