- The orangery is demolished to make room for a new Treasury wing.
- A replacement greenhouse is constructed on the west side, adjoining the State Floor of the White House
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- With the onset of the Civil War, soldiers are quartered in the mansion's East Room.
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 Civil War soldiers camping in East Room during Lincoln regime
The White House Collection
White House Historical Association
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- President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation in his Cabinet Room, which will eventually become known as the Lincoln Bedroom.
- During the Civil War, Mary Lincoln goes on a spending spree in an effort to decorate the house. She ends up spending over $20,000 on furniture, out of which she buys the famous Lincoln bed.
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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet
Painted by F.B. Carpenter; engraved by A.H. Ritchie.
Library of Congress
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- President Lincoln is assassinated at Ford's Theater. His body lies in state in the East Room after the assassination.
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| Lincoln's body as it lay in East Room
Library of Congress
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