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Arch at Twelfth St., Chicago, President Abraham Lincoln's hearse and young ladies

Description

In this photograph, many women dressed in white accompany President Lincoln's hearse as it passes beneath ornamental arch at 12th Street in Chicago, Illinois on May 1, 1865.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19202

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S.M. Fassett. "Arch at Twelfth St., Chicago, President Abraham Lincoln's hearse and young ladies". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1142

Creator

S.M. Fassett

Date

May 1, 1865

Dimensions

12 1/4 x 14 in.

Full Title

The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns. "The door is open for all"

Description

""Dedicated to the Memory of our most lamented late President Abraham Lincoln," this lithograph depicts a reconciliation of the North and South after the Civil War. Lincoln extends his hand in peace toward Jefferson Davis, pointing toward a small temple where Liberty sits enthroned. Davis also extends his hand, but palm downward, seeming to spurn Lincoln's grasp. Liberty takes the form of a maiden holding a shield and staff with Phrygian cap and wears a crown toward which she gestures proudly. Her temple is set upon a raised platform. On five of its six columns appear the names of the American states. Union general William T. Sherman, assisted by Ulysses S. Grant (on horseback, at left), nails a ribbon with the names of the seceded states onto the sixth column. Attending Lincoln are (from left to right) two bearded Union soldiers, secretary of war Gideon Welles, and secretary of state William H. Seward. In the left distance a fortress flying an American flag overlooks a bucolic scene--with a small cottage, a farmer ploughing his field, and sailboats on the water. On the right, with Jefferson Davis, are (left to right) a mustachioed gentleman (possibly John Wilkes Booth), Confederate general Robert E. Lee, a slave in chains, and a young man holding his hat in his hands. Behind them are crowds of civilians and, in the distance, violent scenes: an army in battle and a house in flaming ruins. The picture is framed with an ornamental border that reinforces the contrast between the right and left portions of the scene. On the left (Lincoln's side) branches of fruit grow in the picture's borders, but on the right are only thorns. In the upper border are olive branches and on the bottom sprigs of oak. Small vignettes also appear in the borders. At top a slave is flogged in an interior; at right a soldier attacks a fallen enemy; at bottom farmers harvest grain; and at left a man sits on a riverbank fishing."

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19257

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Henry Thomas. "The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns. "The door is open for all"". Kimmel & Forster. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1141

Creator

Henry Thomas

Publisher

Kimmel & Forster

Date

1865

Material

wove paper, printed in buff, orange, and black with watercolor

Dimensions

37.8 x 43.6 cm

Full Title

Reception of the Remains at Chicago

Description

Civil War artist correspondent, William Waud, depicted Lincoln's funeral car arriving in on May 1, 1865. It was published in Harper's Weekly on May 20, 1865.

Transcription

Inscribed below title: The Funeral car passing under the arch. 36 young ladies in white placing wreaths upon the coffin or car, one or the other.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-22520

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William Waud. "Reception of the Remains at Chicago". Harper's Weekly. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1140

Creator

William Waud

Publisher

Harper's Weekly

Date

May 1, 1865

Material

brown paper, pencil, and Chinese white, and black ink wash

Dimensions

4.7 x 48.9 cm

Full Title

Lincoln's coffin in the City Hall, Chicago

Description

Civil War artist correspondent, William Waud, depicted Lincoln laying in state in Chicago's City Hall on May 1, 1865. It was published in Harper's Weekly on May 20, 1865.

Transcription

Inscribed on decorative banners within image: He left us sustained by our Prayers He returns embalmed in our tears; Liberty's great martyr.

Inscribed on verso: Catafalque in the City Hall, Chicago. The ceiling is draped black & white. The walls draped in folds all black with flag trophies at certain distances. The Catafalque is covered with black cloth & velvet all black with silver fringe & stars. Inside of d[itt]o & the pillars white with the exception of the ceiling inside the canopy which is black with white stars cut out through which the light is admitted to fall on the coffin.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZC4-8107

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William Waud. "Lincoln's coffin in the City Hall, Chicago". Harper's Weekly. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1139

Creator

William Waud

Publisher

Harper's Weekly

Date

May 1, 1865

Material

pink-tan paper, pencil, and Chinese white, and black ink wash

Dimensions

25.5 x 34.5 cm

Full Title

Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois

Description

Civil War artist correspondent, William Waud, depicted Lincoln laying in state at the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield on May 3, 1865. The image was published in Harper's Weekly on May 27, 1865, as "President Lincoln's Funeral - Catafalque in the City Hall, Springfield, Illinois."

Transcription

Inscribed below image: old. Within image: pink, white.
Inscribed on bunting: The father; Sooner Than Surrender These Principles I Would Be Assassinated on this.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division,LC-DIG-ppmsca-19929

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William Waud. "Lincoln's coffin on view at State House, Springfield, Illinois". Harper's Weekly. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1138

Creator

William Waud

Publisher

Harper's Weekly

Date

May 3, 1865

Material

brown paper, pencil, and Chinese white & black ink wash

Dimensions

34.9 x 50 cm

Full Title

Building Erected for the reception of the body of the President at Cleveland

Description

In this sketch, William Waud, Civil War artist correspondent, depicted the building erected in Cleveland's Public Square for Lincoln's public reception. Lincoln's Funeral Train stopped in Cleveland on April 28, 1865.

Transcription

Inscribed vertically left margin: House where the first subscription to the "Boston Liberator" was got up.
Inscribed above image: I have made the flags drooping it was raining hard all day, I am afraid if you make them flying it makes the building look too gay.
Inscribed below image: grass; two rows of people filing past coffin.
Inscribed below title: This is the only thing I have seen suitable for a sketch up to Chicago.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-05575

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Wiliam Waud . "Building Erected for the reception of the body of the President at Cleveland". Harper's Weekly, May 20, 1865. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1137

Creator

Wiliam Waud

Publisher

Harper's Weekly, May 20, 1865

Date

April 28, 1865

Material

pink-tan paper, pencil, and Chinese white, and black ink wash

Dimensions

25.2 x 35.3 cm

Full Title

Lincoln's funeral

Description

Four sketches by Alfred Waud of Lincoln's Funeral at the Springfield Oak Ridge Cemetery on May 4, 1865. Waud worked as an artist correspondent during the Civil War.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-21176, LC-DIG-ppmsca-21177

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Alfred Rudolph Waud. "Lincoln's funeral". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1136

Creator

Alfred Rudolph Waud

Date

May 4, 1865

Material

yellow paper and pencil

Dimensions

24.4 x 30.3 cm

Full Title

Sketches of details of bunting for Lincoln's funeral

Description

This sketch, by Alfred Waud, depicts architectural details of the Fifth Illinois Statehouse in Springfield while Lincoln was laying in state from May 3-4 1865. Waud worked as an artist correspondent throughout the Civil War.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-17632

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Alfred Rudolph Waud. "Sketches of details of bunting for Lincoln's funeral". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1135

Creator

Alfred Rudolph Waud

Date

May 1865

Material

yellow paper, pencil

Dimensions

22.0 x 13.5 cm

Full Title

Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15th 1865

Description

This lithograph depiction of Lincoln's death was created by the Hartford Lithograph company, E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. It shows a large group of men surrounding Lincoln on his deathbed. Each man is identified on the bottom of the print.

Source

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-07755

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E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. " Death of Abraham Lincoln, April 15th 1865". E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1134

Creator

E.B. & E.C. Kellogg

Publisher

E.B. & E.C. Kellogg

Date

1865

Full Title

Funeral obsequies of the late Pres't A. Lincoln, Columbus, O., April 29, 1865

Description

Created by Middleton, Strobridge & Co. Lithograph of Cincinnati, this lithograph depicts the procession of Lincoln's casket to the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus on April 29, 1865.

Source

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-23853

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Middleton, Strobridge & Co.. "Funeral obsequies of the late Pres't A. Lincoln, Columbus, O., April 29, 1865". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1133

Creator

Middleton, Strobridge & Co.

Date

1865

Dimensions

48 x 58 cm