10-day forecast. 1  Weather News. 2  Dangerous surf will threaten some beachgoers this weekend AccuWeather. 3  Big Sur usually canât keep people away.  Several states at risk of hail, floods during stormy Easter weekend AccuWeather.
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer, legislator and opponent of slavery, was elected president in November 1860âbut by the time of his inauguration in March 1861, seven Southern states had seceded, and the Civil War began a few weeks later.
James Davis. Illinois College, Jacksonville. From April of 1861 to April of 1865, President Abraham Lincoln led the United States through its terrible Civil War. During the war, Lincoln's leadership helped preserve the Union and emancipate over three million slaves. His ideas defined important goals of the war and inspired the war-weary public.