| District of Columbia (Washington), Downtown — W.6 — Willard Inter-Continental Hotel — Civil War to Civil Rights — Downtown Heritage Trail |
| | "This hotel, in fact, may be much more justly called the center of Washington and the Union than either the Capitol, the White House or the State Department. . ." Nathaniel Hawthorne, Civil War reporter for the Atlantic Monthly At 6:30 a.m. in late February 1861, President-elect Abraham Lincoln and his security team headed by Alan Pinkerton slipped into what was then called Willard's Hotel, an earlier version of the hotel now at this site. Assassination threats dictated this quiet . . . — Map (db m10905) |
| Illinois (Champaign County), Tolono — Lincoln 1861 Inaugural Train Stop |
| | Abraham Lincoln made his farewell address to the people of Illinois at the Tolono Station February 11, 1861. "I am leaving you on an errand of national importance, attended as you are aware with considerable difficulties. Let us believe as some poet has expressed it 'behind the cloud the sun is still shining.' I bid you an affectionate farewell." — Map (db m4720) |
| Illinois (Champaign County), Tolono — Lincoln in Tolono — Looking for Lincoln |
| | Abraham Lincoln traveled through Tolono by locomotive at least eighteen times. He whiled the time away for his train connections by playing horseshoes and visiting with the Tolono residents. While campaigning in Illinois, Lincoln would frequently play a game of chess with a telegrapher at the Marion house Hotel-Depot.
Tolono lies at the junction of the Great Western and Illinois Central Railroads. Tolono is privileged to have at this site an historical stone marker to honor Abraham . . . — Map (db m23816) |
| Illinois (Sangamon County), Springfield — Lincoln’s Farewell to Springfield |
| | February 11, 1861
My friends, no one not in my situation can appreciate my feelings of sadness at this parting, to this place, and the kindness of this people, I owe everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Here my children have been born, and one is buried. Now I leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return; with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that divine being who ever . . . — Map (db m4611) |
| Illinois (Sangamon County), Springfield — The Lincoln Depot |
| | From this building on February 11, 1861 Abraham Lincoln departed Springfield, Illinois to assume the Presidency of the United States. After bidding farewell to a number of friends, he delivered a brief, spontaneous and moving farewell address to the crowd, estimated at 1,000, from the rear platform of the train. — Map (db m4595) |
| Illinois (Vermilion County), Danville — Abraham Lincoln |
| | At noon on February 11, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural train stopped at the Great Western Depot located here. It was the day before his 52nd birthday. He had been coming to Vermilion County for twenty years to attend Circuit Court in Danville. He spoke briefly to his friends and supporters, an audience estimated at about one thousand. The final words of his speech were:
“If I find I have blessings at my disposal, Old Vermilion will come in for a bountiful . . . — Map (db m5489) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Lebanon — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Enroute to Washington, D.C., to become 16th President of the U.S., addressed citizens of Lebanon and Boone County from rear of railroad passenger car at this place on the evening of February 11, 1861. — Map (db m3811) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Zionsville — Lincoln's Stop in Zionsville, Indiana |
| | Abraham Lincoln enroute to Washington as President Elect on February ll, 1861 addressed the Citizens of Zionsville at the Railroad Depot which stood on this site. — Map (db m8326) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Abraham Lincoln made a famous pre-inaugural speech from his train platform near here Feb. 12, 1861, placing emphasis on the people's part in justice and good government. — Map (db m20600) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Lawrenceburgh — First in New Modes of Transportation |
| | 1802
Lawrenceburgh
First in New Modes of
Transportation
1802 - - Village of Lawrenceburgh founded in the Wilderness by Capt. Samuel C. Vance
Commerce and travel are via the Ohio River. Pioneers
constructed flatboats to carry goods to New Orleans
Markets. The “Kaintucks” walked back to the
Ohio Valley through hostile Indian Territory.
1832 - - George H. Dunn, Whig congressman from Lawrenceburg
convinced the state to charter Indiana’s . . . — Map (db m22029) |
| Indiana (Marion County), Indianapolis — Here, Abraham Lincoln Said |
| | Here, Feb 11, 1861, Abraham Lincoln, on his way to Washington to assume the Presidency, in an address said “I appeal to you to constantly bear in mind that not with politicians, not with presidents, not with office-seekers, but with you is the question: Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest generations?” — Map (db m3809) |
| Indiana (Marion County), Indianapolis — 49.1961.2 — Lincoln to the Citizens of Indiana |
| | “. . . it is your business . . . if the Union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost. . . . It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union. . . .”
From speech by President-elect Abraham Lincoln at intersection of Washington and Missouri Streets, Indianapolis, February 11, 1861. — Map (db m564) |
| Indiana (Warren County), State Line City — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Abraham Lincoln made his only speech in Warren County, Indiana near this spot Feb. 11, 1861. “Gentlemen of Indiana: I am happy to meet you on this occasion, and enter again the state of my early life, and almost of maturity. I am under many obligations to you for your kind reception, and to Indiana for the aid she rendered our cause which, I think, a just one. Gentlemen, I shall address you at greater length at Indianapolis, but not much greater. Again gentlemen, I thank you for your warm hearted reception.” — Map (db m5490) |
| New Jersey (Mercer County), Trenton — State House |
| | The State House is the heart of New Jersey’s State government, the second oldest State House in continuous use in the United States. First built in 1792 and expanded in every generation, the State House is a witness to two centuries of American history and a mosaic of architectural styles. President-elect Abraham Lincoln, on his way to take office, addressed the Legislature here. Governor Woodrow Wilson began here the political career that would take him to the White House. Within its walls are . . . — Map (db m3850) |
| New York (Albany County), Albany — Lincoln in Albany |
| | "I hold myself without mock modesty, the humblest of all individuals that have ever been elevated to the Presidency....You have generously tendered me the united support of the great Empire State." - Abraham Lincoln speaking to the New York Legislature on February 18, 1861.
President-elect Abraham Lincoln was greeted by a large, boisterous crowd on February 18, 1861, as he stopped in Albany on his way to his inauguration in Washington, D.C.
In his speech at the old State House, the . . . — Map (db m5191) |
| Ohio (Franklin County), Columbus — 79-25 — The Ohio Statehouse / Lincoln at the Statehouse |
| | In 1812, the Ohio legislature designated Columbus as the state capital,
with local landowners contributing land and resources for a capitol
building and penitentiary. The first Columbus statehouse, a Federal-style structure completed in 1816, stood on the northeast corner of
State and High streets. By the 1830s, the need for a more
substantial structure was apparent. Cincinnati architect Thomas
Walter won the 1838 capitol design contest, though the final design
incorporated several . . . — Map (db m9986) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Abraham Lincoln |
| | On February 22, 1861, while journeying to Washington for his Inauguration, Lincoln stopped at the Jones House, on this site. From the portico of the hotel, he addressed a large crowd gathered in Market Square. — Map (db m6577) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — The Jones House |
| | On this site, the southeast corner of Second and Market Streets on Market Square, stood the Jones House, a mid-Nineteenth Century Hotel, which later evolved into the larger Commonwealth Hotel and later, the Dauphin Building. It was here that Abraham Lincoln stopped on February 22, 1861, en-route to his inauguration in Washington DC. The President-Elect greeted and spoke to city residents in the Square and went by carriage to the State Capitol Building to address the Pennsylvania Legislature as . . . — Map (db m6550) |
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County), Philadelphia — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Abraham Lincoln
stood here
when he raised the flag
on Independence Hall
February 22nd 1861.
This tablet placed by Post 2
Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic — Map (db m9259) |
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