When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...
Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s funeral in 1865. Library ofCongress. Nichols also informed the nation’s armed forces of the succession of Andrew Johnson to the presidency.
On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, President Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months. Five volunteer companies ...