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President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train

On this spot where the Wanatah Station of the Monon Railroad once stood, the Lincoln funeral train made a brief stop on the morning of May 1, 1865 at approximately 7:40 a.m. The funeral train traveled 1,700 miles of its ...

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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 ...

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Site of Abraham Lincoln's Speech

Aug. 12, 1858

"A house divided cannot stand."

Marker is on S. State Street just north of 3rd Street.

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First Home of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois

In March 1830 Abraham Lincoln came from Indiana with his family to settle here in Macon County at a place on the north side of the Sangamon River ten miles westerly from Decatur.

The Lincolns built a log cabin and broke ...

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President - Elect Abraham Lincoln

In the Old State Capitol Nearby,

President-Elect Abraham Lincoln

used the Governor's Office as Headquarters

until he left for Washington.

Early in the Civil War,

Ulysses S. Grant

also served here as Special Military Aide

to Governor Yates.

During the War, Illinois coutributed

225,300 men,

about one-tenth of the Union's ...

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Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln, Illinois

Near this site Abraham Lincoln christened the Town with the juice of a watermelon when the first lots were sold on August 27, 1853.

President-Elect Lincoln spoke here, November 21, 1860, while traveling to Chicago, and Lincoln's Funeral Train stopped here, ...

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This Lot was Owned by Abraham Lincoln

This lot was owned by

Abraham Lincoln

1858 - 1865

Marker is on Pulaski Street, on the right when traveling east.

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First Home in Illinois of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial

[Main Marker]:

This Tablet marks the site of the First Home in Illinois of

Abraham Lincoln.

- - 1831 - -

[Secondary Marker]:

Rededicated

Stephen Decatur Chapter,

NSDAR

1990

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Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Christian / Sangamon Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is on Consolidated Road (County Road E 2300N) west of County Route 29, on the right when traveling west.

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Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Taylorville, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is on East Main Cross Street west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west.

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