US Capitol dome under construction at Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural

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4 March 1861. “The first inauguration of Abraham Lincoln took place on the eve of American Civil War. Because of an alleged assassination conspiracy, Lincoln traveled through Baltimore, Maryland on a special train in the middle of the night before finally completing his journey in Washington.“This was the first time Lincoln appeared in public with his beard as president, which he had grown in between being elected and his inauguration”