Headnote

CHARLESTON, p. t., Coles co., Ill., 78 ms. E. by S. of Springfield; from W. 707 ms. Pop. 2,262. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Coles County, IL

Charleston, Illinois (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CHARLESTON, p. t., Coles co., Ill., 78 ms. E. by S. of Springfield; from W. 707 ms. Pop. 2,262.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 75.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Name Type
Coles County Fairgrounds, Charleston, IL Location or Site
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Speed, September 27, 1841
Stephen Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
Recollection by Lew Wallace, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
Recollection by Henry Clay Whitney, Charleston Debate, September 18, 1858
Abraham Lincoln, Fourth Debate with Stephen Douglas, Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Charleston Debate," September 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Times, "The Audience at Charleston," September 21, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The Audience at Charleston,” September 22, 1858
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Who Furnishes the Audiences?," September 23, 1858
David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, September 25, 1858
James G. Wright to Abraham Lincoln, October 11, 1858
(Springfield) Illinois State Register, "The Galesburg Debate," October 12, 1858
(Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “A Patriotic Woman,” July 28, 1860
Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, March 11, 1861
How to Cite This Page: "Charleston, IL," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/14973.