President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. Between his election victory in November 1860 and this week’s ceremonies, seven state seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. However, the crowds came to see the man who won the election that was going to lead them through the Civil War.
Looking at the picture itself, the east wing of the Capital is being worked on to be finished.
His second inauguration day was four years to the day later on March 4, 1865. A few weeks later, the Civil War ended. After the surrender of the Confederate Army at Appomattox, he was shot at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14th, 1865 and died the next morning. He was the first president to be assassination.