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Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln spends the day in New York City, addresses the City Council, and goes to the Opera
Lawmaking/Litigating Abraham Lincoln takes the oath as the sixteenth President of the United States at the U.S. Capitol
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln tests his speech on slavery during a visit to Atchison, Kansas
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln travels from Cleveland to Buffalo, New York meeting Grace Bedell on the way
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln travels to Trenton, New Jersey and then to Philadelphia on his pre-inaugural tour
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln visits Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and from there secretly travels directly to Washington
Personal Abraham Lincoln visits his son at Phillips Academy in New Hampshire
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln votes in Springfield, Illinois at 3:30PM and waits for election news at a local telegraph office
Lawmaking/Litigating Abraham Lincoln wins the famous "Almanac Case" in Beardstown, Illinois
Campaigns/Elections Abraham Lincoln writes to introduce himself to his running mate Hannibal Hamlin
Lawmaking/Litigating Abraham Lincoln writes to offer William Henry Seward the post of Secretary of State in his new cabinet
Education/Culture Abraham Lincoln, on horseback, leads the procession to the new Gettysburg cemetery
Personal Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Harrisburg and rolls across the Pennsylvania countryside to Philadelphia
Personal Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Philadelphia before dawn and moves across New Jersey
US/the World Abundant Canadian harvest celebrated with a day of thanksgiving across the country
Crime/Disasters - Abundant rains deluge many northern states
Crime/Disasters Accident to a railroad bridge work crew near Northfield, Vermont kills fifteen railroad men.
Crime/Disasters Accused Lincoln conspirator is returned to the United States under arrest for murder.
Crime/Disasters Accused Lincoln conspirator John H. Surratt goes on trial in Washington DC for murder.
Crime/Disasters Across the river from the New York capital, a huge fire in East Albany destroys two freight depots
Education/Culture Actor Edwin Booth's celebrated New York City run in the role of Hamlet is commemorated.
Personal Adele Cutts Douglas dies in Washington, DC
Personal Adele Cutts Douglas is born in Washington, DC
Battles/Soldiers - Adjutant-Generals of most "loyal states" are meeting at their Annual Convention in Boston, Massachusetts
Battles/Soldiers Admiral Andrew Foote assigned to replace Admiral Dupont as head of South Atlantic Squadron
Battles/Soldiers Admiral Andrew Foote dies after a short illness at the Astor Hotel in New York City
Battles/Soldiers Admiral Dahlgren appointed to replace the ailing Admiral Foote as South Atlantic Squadron commander
Cultural Admission charged to a Baseball Park for the first time
Battles/Soldiers Advancing Union troops skirmish with retreating Virginia troops at Laurel Hill in western Virginia
Religion/Philosophy Advent Sunday - The first Sunday of Advent, the beginning of the year in the Christian calendar