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Lincoln's funeral & closing moments of the Civil War...
Lincoln's funeral & closing moments of the Civil War...
Item # 716474
April 24, 1865
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 24, 1865
* Abraham Lincoln funeral journey
* Civil War cleanup in the South
* Sherman's victory march
All columns on all pages are black-bordered for the death & funeral of Abraham Lincoln. Among the front page column heads are: "SHERMAN" "Negotiations With Johnston" "A Suspension of Hostilities..." "Immediate Resumption of Hostilities Ordered!" "The Way Opened for Davis's Escape" "His Large Booty" "MOBILE" "THE FUNERAL PAGEANT" "From Harrisburg to Philadelphia" "Scenes & Incidents on the Route" "Great Outpouring of the People" "Extensive Preparations" "Obsequies in the City" and more inside.
Eight pages, irregular at the spine margin from disbinding affecting some words in he Sherman report; damp stains, library stamp in he masthead.
background: On April 22, 1865, Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train—officially called The Lincoln Special—began its somber journey from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, retracing much of the route Lincoln had traveled on his way to the presidency four years earlier. The train departed the capital shortly after 8 a.m., carrying Lincoln’s coffin along with that of his son Willie, who had died in 1862. Crowds lined every station, field, bridge, and rooftop as it moved north through Maryland and into Pennsylvania, with church bells tolling, cannons firing minute guns, and citizens draping towns in black crepe. The stop in Baltimore, once hostile to Lincoln, drew huge mourning crowds, symbolizing how the nation—still reeling from the Civil War’s end and the shock of his assassination—momentarily united in grief. The train continued on to Philadelphia that evening, beginning a 1,600-mile memorial procession that would last nearly two weeks and become one of the most significant public mourning events in American history.
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