The Fathers and Saviors of Our Country: A Presidential Sale

14 x 11 in. printed broadside with vignette bust portrait of Lincoln. (Some offsetting, old folds, minor marginal corner loss, and light wear along edges.)

THE LAST JOURNEY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

The Lincoln funeral train departed Chicago on 2 May 1865 at 9:30 p.m. Due to arrive in Springfield at 9:00 the following day, the train's arrival would mark the final stop for the late president and his beloved son, Willie, before their internment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.