October 21, 1861
Senator Edward D. Baker, close friend of the Lincoln family, is killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia.
October 23, 1847
Lincoln leases his house in Springfield, Illinois to Cornelius Ludlum before leaving for Congress.
October 25, 1841
Lincoln buys a 40-acre tract of land in Coles County, Illinois for his father and stepmother, giving them use of it for their lifetime.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you, and 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 generation?"
--Speech to Gov. Morton in Indianapolis, February 11, 1861