USS Wabash

Historical marker location:

398 N Market St, Mount Carmel, Illinois

( Marker is on North Market Street south of East 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.)

(AOR-5).

Illinois was the first state in the country to ratify the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery. The amendment was ratified by Illinois on February 1, 1865, before it was ratified by any other state.