February 20, 1862
William Wallace Lincoln, 11-year-old son of President and Mrs. Lincoln,
dies in the White House.
February 22, 1842
Lincoln delivers a
speech at the Washington Temperance
Society in Springfield, Illinois.
February 23, 1861
President-elect Lincoln arrives in Washington, D.C. after a long inaugural
journey, during which he narrowly escaped assassination.
Today in Lincoln's Life
Lincoln's Words
"The struggle of today, is not altogether for today -- it is for a
vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more firm and
earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved
upon us."
--Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861