This Week in History
June 1, 1861
President Lincoln is sketched by painter George H. Story.
June 3, 1861
President Lincoln's former political rival, Stephen A. Douglas,
dies at age 48 in Chicago, Illinois.
June 4, 1863
President Lincoln revokes the suspension of the Chicago
Times.
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