With Malice Toward None
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition
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The Journey of the President-Elect Interactive
About This Object
Follow Abraham Lincoln’s thirteen-day train journey from his home in Springfield, Illinois, to his inauguration in Washington, D.C., along with his family. The trip became a personal triumph as Lincoln spoke to enthusiastic, welcoming crowds everywhere, from small towns to state capitals, until he cut the trip short because of a suspected assassination plot. View 1861 newspaper accounts and images that detail what happened on each day of the trip.