[Lincoln, Abraham] Abraham Lincoln Funeral Program with Order of Procession for Washington, D.C., April 17, 1865

Washington, D.C.: War Department, Adjutant General's Office, April 17, 1865. 12mo. (1), 2-3 pp. Printed mourning border, with diagram of hearse and pallbearers. Signed in type by Assistant Adjutant General W.A. Nichols. Disbound; remnants of original thread.

A scarce and fine example of the official arrangements for Abraham Lincoln's Washington, D.C. funeral procession. The program lists in detail the several military units, civic and religious figures, family and relatives, as well as cultural and institutional officers that took part in the solemnities, with a printed diagram showing the hearse and pallbearers. It is followed by a description of the procession's movements, which was to begin at precisely 2 o'clock P.M. on Wednesday, April 19th, following the conclusion of the religious services at the Executive Mansion. The start of the procession was met with the firing of several guns from St. John's Church, City Hall, and the Capitol, and the ringing of church bells throughout Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria.

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[Lincoln, Abraham] Abraham Lincoln Funeral Program with Order of Procession for Washington, D.C., April 17, 1865

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Lincoln, Abraham] Abraham Lincoln Funeral Program with Order of Procession for Washington, D.C., April 17, 1865

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