Actor profile

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is named in 15 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 1837 to 1865.

15 events From Nov 7, 1837 To Apr 14, 1865 Open in filter view →
Activity over time Events per year
1837 · 1 event1846 · 2 events1858 · 1 event1861 · 2 events1862 · 4 events1863 · 3 events1864 · 1 event1865 · 1 event18371865
DateEventLanesStatus
1865-04-14John Wilkes Booth Assassinates Lincoln in Coordinated Conspiracy to Decapitate Union Government After Confederate Defeat
John Wilkes Booth · Abraham Lincoln · Lewis Powell · George Atzerodt · +4
confirmed
1864-11-08Copperheads Attempt Election Manipulation Through Peace Platform and Confederate Conspiracy While Deploying Racist Propaganda
Abraham Lincoln · George B. McClellan · Clement Vallandigham · Democratic Party · +2
confirmed
1863-03-02Congress Passes False Claims Act Allowing Citizens to Sue War Profiteers After Contractor Fraud Crisis
Abraham Lincoln · U.S. Congress · War profiteers
confirmed
1863-01-15Treasury Department Cotton Permit System Enables Massive Corruption as Officials Trade with Enemy for Personal Profit
U.S. Treasury Department · Charles Dana · Abraham Lincoln · Salmon P. Chase · +2
 confirmed
1863-01-01Emancipation Proclamation Faces Violent Northern Resistance from Democrats and White Supremacists Fearing Labor Competition
Abraham Lincoln · Northern Democrats · Copperheads · Frederick Douglass · +1
confirmed
1862-07-01Pacific Railway Act Creates Land Grant System Enabling Massive Railroad Speculation and Corruption
Abraham Lincoln · U.S. Congress · Union Pacific Railroad · Central Pacific Railroad · +2
confirmed
1862-05-01General Benjamin Butler's New Orleans Occupation Marked by Systematic Corruption and Cotton Trade Profiteering
Benjamin F. Butler · Andrew Butler · David G. Farragut · Abraham Lincoln
confirmed
1862-02-25Legal Tender Act Creates Unbacked Greenback Currency Enabling Speculation and Inflation Despite Constitutional Questions
U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · Edmund Dick Taylor · Wall Street
confirmed
1862-01-13Lincoln's Secretary of War Simon Cameron Resigns Amid Procurement Corruption and Contract Fraud Enabling Profiteering
Simon Cameron · Abraham Lincoln · Edwin M. Stanton · Alexander Cummings · +1
 confirmed
1861-04-21Pinkerton Heads Union Intelligence Service for McClellan, First Federal Use of Private Intelligence Personnel
Allan Pinkerton · George B. McClellan · Pinkerton National Detective Agency · Army of the Potomac · +1
confirmed
1861-04-12Confederate Bombardment of Fort Sumter Begins Civil War and Triggers Massive War Profiteering Industry
Confederate States of America · Jefferson Davis · Robert Anderson · Abraham Lincoln · +1
confirmed
1858-08-21Lincoln-Douglas Debates Expose Popular Sovereignty as Slavery Expansion Vehicle
Abraham Lincoln · Stephen A. Douglas · Republican Party · Democratic Party
confirmed
1846-05-13Mexican-American War Begins as Deliberate Land Grab for Slavery Expansion
James K. Polk · U.S. Congress · Mexico · Whig Party opposition · +1
confirmed
1846-05-11Polk Deceives Congress into War Declaration with False American Blood Claims
James K. Polk · Zachary Taylor · U.S. Congress · Abraham Lincoln · +1
confirmed
1837-11-07Abolitionist Editor Elijah Lovejoy Murdered by Pro-Slavery Mob; No Prosecutions Follow
Elijah Parish Lovejoy · Pro-slavery mob · Alton, Illinois authorities · John Quincy Adams · +2
confirmed

Network neighbors

54 other actors share an event · top 24 shown
U.S. Congress 5× shared Copperheads 2× shared Democratic Party 2× shared George B. McClellan 2× shared James K. Polk 2× shared Alexander Cummings 1× shared Allan Pinkerton 1× shared Alton, Illinois authorities 1× shared Andrew Butler 1× shared Andrew Johnson 1× shared Army of the Potomac 1× shared Benjamin F. Butler 1× shared Central Pacific Railroad 1× shared Charles Dana 1× shared Clement Vallandigham 1× shared Confederate States of America 1× shared Confederate government 1× shared David G. Farragut 1× shared David Herold 1× shared Edmund Dick Taylor 1× shared Edwin M. Stanton 1× shared Elijah Parish Lovejoy 1× shared Francis Preston Blair 1× shared Frederick Douglass 1× shared
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