The Lincoln party alighted at this Carlisle Street building. The Hanover
Junction, Hanover and Gettysburg Railroad began service to Gettysburg in
1859, when this passenger station was built. During the battle, it served as a
make-shift hospital, and for months afterward thousands of wounded soldiers
boarded trains departing from it. The building, which has been restored recently,
is now open to the public. It has been painted in different colors than shown here.
Old Railroad Station
President Lincoln arrived in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
the day before delivering his famous Address at the National Cemetery.
At dusk on November 18, 1863, the festively decorated presidential
train from Washington, D.C. pulled up to the depot, bearing dignitaries
such as Cabinet members and foreign ambassadors.
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