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Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Railroads Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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; Chicago Railroad and then resumesthe journey, going through Battle Ground, Chalmers, Bradford,Medaryville, Westville, and LaCroix.8:00 a.m. The train arrives at Michigan City and is switchedto the Michigan Central Railroad for the final leg of the journeyto Chicago. 11:00 a.m. The train stops at a special platform erected just northof Twelfth Street on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago.Three arches, Gothic in style, have been erected to honor thecortege. The coffin is carried under the largest arch and isset briefly on a dais, while thirty-six young ladies deposit a gar-land each upon the bier. The coffin is then placed in thespecially prepared hearse, and the cortege moves out into Mich-igan Avenue, led by Colonel R. M. Hough, Chief Marshal,and General Joseph Hooker. The estimated number of personsin the line of march is 37,000, and more than 150,000 are onthe streets bordering the line of march. The procession movesnorth on Michigan Avenue to Lake Street, west on Lake to Clark
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m, ■% i «,,..« 77ie Lincoln funeral procession prepares to leave the Chicago lakefront forthe courthouse. The inscriptions on the three arches read, We honor HimDead who honored Us while Living. Rest in peace noble soul, patriot heart.Faithful to Right. A Martyr to Justice. Above the center arch is the Volkbust of Lincoln. Each of the thirty-six young ladies in white placed a gar-land upon the bier. Street, and south on Clark to the east gate of the courthousesquare. Inside the square, the remains are carried to the southdoor of the courthouse.12:45 p.m. The body is carried to the rotunda, directly beneaththe dome, and placed on a dais. The dais is on an angle so thatthe body is easily visible to the viewers. The embalmers andtheir assistants arrange the remains so that they may be properlyexposed to the public.4:00 p.m. The public is admitted to the rotunda; the crowdsare so large that the queues at times move forward only one footan hour. The mourners continue to file by through

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