President Abraham Lincoln asked for 500,000 volunteers to join the military service.
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US President Abraham Lincoln ordered the hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians.
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
President Lincoln signed an Act that made slavery illegal in US territories.
American boarding house owner Mary Surratt was arrested for taking part in President Lincoln's assassination.
The Republican Party nominated Abraham Lincoln for president at the 1860 Republican National Convention.
