(Alden, 1868) In order to be safe, Lincoln took a secret train out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln arrived at Baltimore in the middle of the night and snuck through. Abraham Lincoln made it to the White House, where he had to deal with the Civil War. In total eleven states seceded from the Union, and the battle had begun. In May of 1861, General David Hunter issued an order to free all slaves in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Lincoln overturned the order and said that only he had the authority to do that. (Proclamation 90, 1862) Lincoln also suspended Habeas Corpus in Maryland, and arrested officials who were trying to get the state to secede. (Ridgway, 2001) The secession of Maryland meant that D.C. would have been surrounded by Confederate States. Lincoln was able to prevent Maryland’s secession and helped reunify the nation. After the war Lincoln was able to pass the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery. Lincoln was re-elected, but he was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes
(Alden, 1868) In order to be safe, Lincoln took a secret train out of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln arrived at Baltimore in the middle of the night and snuck through. Abraham Lincoln made it to the White House, where he had to deal with the Civil War. In total eleven states seceded from the Union, and the battle had begun. In May of 1861, General David Hunter issued an order to free all slaves in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Lincoln overturned the order and said that only he had the authority to do that. (Proclamation 90, 1862) Lincoln also suspended Habeas Corpus in Maryland, and arrested officials who were trying to get the state to secede. (Ridgway, 2001) The secession of Maryland meant that D.C. would have been surrounded by Confederate States. Lincoln was able to prevent Maryland’s secession and helped reunify the nation. After the war Lincoln was able to pass the 13th Amendment, which ended slavery. Lincoln was re-elected, but he was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes