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.
The Civil War began on Apr. 12, 1861. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1, 1863, that freed the slaves within the Confederacy. The Civil War continued for several years and ended on April 9, 1865. Lincoln was president from 1861 until his death on April 15, 1865.