| Illinois (Piatt County), Bement — Bement Goes to War — Looking for Lincoln |
| | Edgar Camp came to Bement in 1855 along with two brothers. As one of the early settlers, he assisted in building the first houses. The Camp boys were joined by another brother in 1858.
When Civil War broke out, Edgar, James and William volunteered. Edgar enlisted in August 1862 as a member of Company H, 107th regiment Illinois Volunteers Infantry which was mustered into the United States service at Camp Butler, Illinois.
Edgar was promoted to First lieutenant, then Captain (in . . . — Map (db m23897) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Bement — Bryant Cottage — State Historic Site |
| | Bryant Cottage was built in 1856 by Francis E. Bryant (1818 - 1889), a friend and political ally of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. According to Bryant family tradition, on the evening of July 29, 1858, Douglas and Abraham Lincoln conferred in the parlor of this house to plan the famous Lincoln - Douglas Debates.
The picturesque one-story, four-room wood frame cottage has been restored and is interpreted as an example of middle-class life in mid-nineteenth-century Illinois. — Map (db m23899) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Bement — Douglas - Lincoln Debates — Looking for Lincoln |
| | Lincoln wrote Douglas on July 24, 1858, challenging him “to divide time and address the same audiences” during the campaign. The Senator suggested seven locations, adding, “I will confer with you at the earliest convenient opportunity in regard to the mode of conducting the debate, the times of meeting at the several places….”
When it was learned that Douglas would speak in Monticello, July 29, 1858, Bryant invited Senator and Mrs. Douglas to an . . . — Map (db m23858) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Bement — The Bement Connection — Looking for Lincoln |
| | A pocket watch is meant to be used with a chain. Three styles were popular: T-bar, which slips through a vest buttonhole; spring ring, which attaches to a belt loop; and fob. Lincoln’s pocket watch shown here has a shorter style chain, featuring a decorative fob on the end, allowing it to simply hang from the pocket freely, while the other end of the chain attaches to a small ring at the top of the watch for easy retrieval. Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch, with chain and fob, was inherited by . . . — Map (db m23889) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Mahomet — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Piatt / Champaign Counties — County Line Marker |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859 — Map (db m10994) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Monticello, Illinois — County-Seat Marker |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857 — Map (db m10962) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District — Dewitt / Piatt Counties — County Line Marker |
| | Abraham Lincoln
traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District
1847 - 1859 — Map (db m10993) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Lincoln - Douglas |
| | Here on July 29, 1858
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas
first agreed to meet in
Joint Debate in Illinois — Map (db m23864) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Lincoln in Monticello — Looking for Lincoln |
| | The Tenbrook Hotel, the building shown on the right-hand side of the photo (which was taken at the end of the Civil War), was the site where Lincoln and other members of the bar lodged when traversing the Eighth Judicial Circuit. Lincoln traveled this circuit to Monticello from 1845 to 1858.
Lincoln and Judge David Davis were the only lawyers who traveled all the way around the complete circuit, which was estimated to amount to a journey of two hundred miles, all of it over muddy roads . . . — Map (db m23855) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Monticello Journeys — Looking for Lincoln |
| | Lincoln’s journeys to Monticello were sometimes difficult because of the weather and his lack of popularity on some issues.
Lincoln, Judge David Davis, and other members of the Bar were trying to reach Monticello in the spring of 1852, having ridden from Clinton in the rain. When they arrived at the ferry across the Sangamon River, about one mile west of town, there was no ferryman. After waiting for two hours, they swam their horses and straddled the buggy on a canoe to float across. . . . — Map (db m23813) |
| Illinois (Piatt County), Monticello — Railroads Bring Change — Looking for Lincoln |
| | The I.C.R.R. Co. Steam locomotive was popular in the mid 1850's, when Lincoln worked for the Illinois Central. It was named “American Standard,” and latter ran from Decatur to Champaign. Locomotives were originally wood burning, and the railroad often purchased wood from local landowners. The crew frequently asked passengers to assist loading wood at fuel stops. Fuel stops were simply a platform located adjacent to a land-owner’s timber. Water was stored in a tank by the Sangamon . . . — Map (db m23808) |
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