Lincoln and Douglas hold their fifth debate in Galesburg, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas meet in the fifth debate of the series in the college town of Galesburg, Illinois.  Knox College was the venue and Douglas seemed to be tiring and Lincoln growing stronger.
Source Citation
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 215.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Campaigns/Elections
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Galesburg, IL
Date
Thomas J. Pickett to Abraham Lincoln, August 3, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Galesburg Debate," October 5, 1858
Recollection by Horace White, Galesburg Debate, October 7, 1858
Recollection by Lydia A. Titus, Galesburg Debate, October 7, 1858
Recollection by Mary Hastie Boutelle, Galesburg Debate, October 7, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, Fifth Debate with Stephen Douglas, Galesburg, Illinois, October 7, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Galesburg Debate,” October 9, 1858
Galesburg (IL) Democrat, "The Galesburg Debate," October 9, 1858
(Springfield) Illinois State Register, "The Galesburg Debate," October 12, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Prophecy Fulfilled,” May 2, 1860
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