Feb. 23, 1861 - Lincoln passes though Baltimore on this way to inauguration

Feb. 23, 1861

Camden Station 

Baltimore, MD

Lincoln takes the train to his inauguration - don't believe the propagandizing myths (he wasn't dressed as a woman, but he probably took his hat off)

"In 1861, with the Civil War on the horizon, Abraham Lincoln secretly traveled through Baltimore on his way to Washington, D.C. for his inauguration under the threat of assassination. Upon reaching Camden Station in Baltimore, Lincoln was believed to have boarded the B&O No. 25 and was safely transported to Washington. 

The Civil War was the first military conflict in which railroads were used for strategic purposes*. The use of railroads revolutionized the transportation of troops and supplies and affected the outcome on the battlefield. The No. 25 was used extensively during the war to transport Union troops and supplies.  B&O President John Garrett understood the financial and political benefits of siding with the Union, despite his personal ties to the South. "

* First to shuttle Confederates to first Bull Run

B&O #25 William Mason


"During the Civil War, the first global conflict to utilize the relatively new technology of railroads, the Memnon was used as a freight engine to haul troops and supplies for the Union army. Since the Civil War, it has been given the nickname Old War Horse. This engine is one of only a handful of surviving original locomotives from the 1840’s and to have seen combat in the Civil War, and because of this has been designated a National Historic Landmark. It is also the sole surviving locomotive built by the Newcastle Manufacturing Company. "

B&0 No. 57 Memnon

Add some more from the B&O Museum in Baltimore:


A cannon from Federal Hill





https://www.borail.org/collection/bo-no-25/

https://www.borail.org/collection/bo-no-57/


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