This Week in History
January 31, 1861
President-elect Lincoln visits his widowed stepmother in Coles County, Illinois for the last time.
February 1, 1850
Edward Baker Lincoln, second son of Abraham and Mary, dies at home at 3 years and 11 months of age.
February 3, 1865
President Lincoln meets with Confederate peace commissioners aboard the steamer River Queen at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
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