In 1861 , February 23 , Calvert Street Station was designated as an official stop of President-elect Lincoln 's inauguration Whistle-Stop train ride to Washington DC however , given the Baltimore Plot , Lincoln himself had arrived earlier at 3:30 a.m. that morning into the President Street station thereby frustrating the attempted assassination. ; ; , In 1863 , President Abraham Lincoln passed through Calvert Station on his way to deliver the Gettysburg Address . Two years later , after his assassination , his remains passed through the same station on their way back to Illinois
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Calvert Street Station