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“Many said: Is it possible to save our nation?”

From The New-York Times May 5, 1865: THE BURIAL.; President Lincoln Again at His Western Home. The Mortal, Four Years Absent, Returns Immortal. Close of the Grandest Funeral Procession in History. Two Weeks’ Solemn March Among Millions of Mourners. The … Continue reading

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Columbus, Obsequies

Two images from April 29, 1865 during funeral obsequies for Abraham Lincoln in Columbus Ohio, a stop on the funeral train’s long trek to Springfield: According to the Library of Congress the following photo “shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati … Continue reading

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round midnight

It was reported that just before midnight on April 26, 1865 President Lincoln’s funeral cortege arrived in Syracuse, New York. 35,000 people were waiting in the rain to pay their respects with bells, fires, and cannon as the train chugged … Continue reading

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savior’s progress

Above the entrance to the ferry way appears the inscription: “WASHINGTON, the Father; LINCOLN, the Savior of his country.” 150 years ago today the remains of President Lincoln and his son Willie were conveyed from Philadelphia to New York City. … Continue reading

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Philadelphia procession

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obsequies

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper on April 21, 1865: OBSEQUIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. The funeral ceremonies over the remains of the late President LINCOLN took place at the Executive Mansion in Washington on Wednesday, in the presence of … Continue reading

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