Lincoln Depot Museum

“The John Cippolina Collection” The new display of over 30 Artifacts, items and munitions from Civil War Collector, Dr. John Cippolina, include, “life” and “death” masks of President Lincoln, Doctor J. R. Gregory’s surgical kit, manufactured by the Tiemann & Co. in New York, A regulation Union Drum recovered from the Battlefield of Shiloh, Union and Confederate Canteens, several long arms and pistols and many other interesting articles. 

The Lincoln Depot Museum’s exhibition details the role New York played in Lincoln’s two elections and the Civil War, and explores Lincoln’s ties to Peekskill and the Hudson Valley. Rare maps, photos, ephemera and a Lincoln signed order are among the more than 100 artifacts on display. The artifacts are all original and are comprised of items from the museum’s permanent collection as well as items on loan from various collections, institutions and individuals.

More than one hundred artifacts, images and ephemera from The Brian D. Caplan Collection are featured in the Lincoln Depot Museum’s exhibition. Here you will find highlighted a sampling from this world class collection.

The Lincoln Depot Foundation commissioned Richard Masloski to create a life size “Lincoln in Peekskill” statue. Governor Pataki, then Peekskill Mayor John G. Testa, preeminent Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer and many other dignitaries oversaw the installation and dedication of the statue in October 2007.

Westchester artist and educator Paul R. Martin III is nationally recognized for his watercolors and paintings of Civil War figures and historical scenes, a few of which are displayed here.