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Note from Joseph A. Wheelock to his wife, Kate French Wheelock, upon hearing news of Lincoln's death

Joseph A. Wheelock to Kate French Wheelock

Letter from Apr. 15, 1865

Assassination Event

Assassination Event

Lithograph from 1865

Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln

Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln

Lithograph from Apr. 29, 1865

St. Paul Press Extra - Horrible! President Lincoln Assassinated - April 15, 1865

"Horrible! President Lincoln Assassinated"

Newspaper from Apr. 15, 1865

Ribbon from 1865

President Lincoln's Funeral March

"President Lincoln's Funeral March"

Document from 1865

Abraham Lincoln funeral obsequies

Abraham Lincoln funeral obsequies

Photograph from Apr. 29, 1865

The Apotheosis

Lithograph from 1865

Abraham Lincoln funeral car

Abraham Lincoln funeral car

Photograph from Apr. 29, 1865

Lincoln Funeral Train in Public Square, April 28, 1865

Funeral Train in Public Square

Photograph from Apr. 28, 1865

The Apotheosis

Lithograph from 1865

Letter to Abraham Lincoln from Joseph Medill

Joseph Medill to Abraham Lincoln

Letter from Apr. 14, 1865

Lincoln Catafalque on Cleveland's Public Square

Catafalque on Cleveland's Public Square

Photograph from Apr. 27, 1865

In Memoriam

Document from 1865

Ohio Statehouse during Lincoln's memorial

Ohio Statehouse during Lincoln's memorial

Photograph from Apr. 29, 1865

Mourners on Public Square April 28, 1865 wait to view body of Abraham Lincoln

Mourners on Public Square

Photograph from Apr. 28, 1865

Death of Lincoln

Death of Lincoln

Lithograph from 1865

Catafalque in Ohio Statehouse Rotunda

Catafalque in Ohio Statehouse Rotunda

Photograph from Apr. 29, 1865

Lincoln's catafalque on Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio with monument statue of Oliver Hazard Perry in foreground April 28, 1865

Catafalque on Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio

Photograph from Apr. 28, 1865

Abr. Lincoln

Card from 1865