Old State Capitol

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Old State Capitol

 

 

 

statue of Robert Lincoln in front of Old State Capitol

 

the front gates

 

Spring blooms


Administrative Offices on First Level

 

auditor's office

 

Secretary of State

 

in the State Library

 

administrative office


On the Second Level

 

on the second level

 

 

the dome

 

the Supreme Court

 

Supreme Court Library where Abraham Lincoln
did some of his most important and precedent-setting legal work

 

statue of Stephen Douglas outside the Representative Hall

 

Hall of Representatives

 

 

Senate chamber

 

room where the Presidential campaign of 1860 was conducted

 

campaign poster of 1860

 

Governor's Office
where President Elect Lincoln greeted visitors before going to Washington

 

Office of  the Adjutant
where U. S. Grant sat when serving in that office

At the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, Grant helped recruit, equip, and drill troops in Galena, then accompanied them to the state capital, Springfield, where Governor Richard Yates made him an aide and assigned him to the state adjutant general's office.


 

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