Execution of the Conspirators
In the Capitol Prison, Washington DC
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Alexander Gardner. "Execution of the Conspirators". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/264
from Jul. 7, 1865
In the Capitol Prison, Washington DC
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Alexander Gardner
July 7, 1865
Execution of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators
Enlargements from the Meserve Collection
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Alexander Gardner. "Execution of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/263
from Jul. 7, 1865
Enlargements from the Meserve Collection
Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University
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Alexander Gardner
July 7, 1865
Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln
Lithograph depicting the state capitol of Ohio with Lincoln's funeral car in foreground.
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Albert Ruger.. "Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln ". Ehrgott Forbriger and Co. Lith., Cincinnati. Published by S. Selleck and Company of Columbus, OH. . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/262
from Apr. 29, 1865
Lithograph depicting the state capitol of Ohio with Lincoln's funeral car in foreground.
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Albert Ruger.
Ehrgott Forbriger and Co. Lith., Cincinnati. Published by S. Selleck and Company of Columbus, OH.
April 29, 1865
Reconstruction of Lincoln's Tomb
Photos of the reconstruction of Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, IL
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Guy Mathis and unknown photographer. "Reconstruction of Lincoln's Tomb ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/261
from Jan. 8, 2015
Photos of the reconstruction of Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield, IL
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Guy Mathis and unknown photographer
January 8, 2015
The president's death
This clipping includes Special Orders No. 91 by Sammel B. Lawrence, A.A.G., detailing a lockdown of the city following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Also included is General Orders No. 25 by T. H. Harris, Assistant Adjutant General, giving details of the assassination.
Georgia Historical Society newspaper collection
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Savannah Republican. "The president's death".
Savannah Republican
. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/260from Apr. 21, 1865
This clipping includes Special Orders No. 91 by Sammel B. Lawrence, A.A.G., detailing a lockdown of the city following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Also included is General Orders No. 25 by T. H. Harris, Assistant Adjutant General, giving details of the assassination.
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Savannah Republican
Savannah Republican
April 21, 1865
President Lincoln assassinated
This clipping includes an official news dispatch from Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, with information about President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and injuries to Secretary of State William Seward and Frederick Seward. Also included is news of the assassination from two separate telegraph communications.
Georgia Historical Society newspaper collection
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Savannah Republican. "President Lincoln assassinated".
Savannah Republican
. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/259from Apr. 19, 1865
This clipping includes an official news dispatch from Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, with information about President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and injuries to Secretary of State William Seward and Frederick Seward. Also included is news of the assassination from two separate telegraph communications.
Georgia Historical Society newspaper collection
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Savannah Republican
Savannah Republican
April 19, 1865
Savannah Daily Herald
This is the front page of the Savannah Daily Herald newspaper dedicated to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and shooting of John Wilkes Booth. Articles titles include: "The Assassination", "The Grand Funeral Pageant in New York City…", and "Another Account of the Shooting of Booth".
Georgia Historical Society newspaper collection.
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Savannah Daily Herald. "Savannah Daily Herald". S.W. Mason & Co.. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/258
from May. 6, 1865
This is the front page of the Savannah Daily Herald newspaper dedicated to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and shooting of John Wilkes Booth. Articles titles include: "The Assassination", "The Grand Funeral Pageant in New York City…", and "Another Account of the Shooting of Booth".
Georgia Historical Society newspaper collection.
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Savannah Daily Herald
S.W. Mason & Co.
May 6, 1865
Horace Averill Crane letter
Letter from Horace Averill Crane to his brother-in-law, Thomas Jackson Charlton regarding President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the state of the nation.
Dr. Thomas J. Charlton, II (1833-1886) graduated from the Savannah Medical College in 1856. In 1857, he was appointed as a surgeon in the United States Navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Charlton resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Navy, serving aboard the commerce raider Florida.
Thomas J. Charlton Family Papers, MS 132
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Horace Averill Crane. "Horace Averill Crane letter". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/257
from Apr. 15, 1865
Letter from Horace Averill Crane to his brother-in-law, Thomas Jackson Charlton regarding President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and the state of the nation.
Dr. Thomas J. Charlton, II (1833-1886) graduated from the Savannah Medical College in 1856. In 1857, he was appointed as a surgeon in the United States Navy. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Charlton resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Navy, serving aboard the commerce raider Florida.
Thomas J. Charlton Family Papers, MS 132
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Horace Averill Crane
April 15, 1865
The assassination
This clipping includes news dispatches regarding the identification of John Wilkes Booth as one of the assassins and the official announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's death. Printed "from the Herald Extra, of Yesterday".
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Savannah Republican. "The assassination". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/256
from Apr. 20, 1865
This clipping includes news dispatches regarding the identification of John Wilkes Booth as one of the assassins and the official announcement of President Abraham Lincoln's death. Printed "from the Herald Extra, of Yesterday".
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Savannah Republican
April 20, 1865
A nation mourns her martyr'd son
Created to mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln. Apparently the music is based upon "An Honest Man's the Noblest Work of God."
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words by Alice Hawthorne, lyrics by Sep. Winner. "A nation mourns her martyr'd son". printed by Auner's Printing Officer, N.E. Corner of Eleventh and Market, Philadelphia, PA. Distributed by Sep. Winner's Music Store, No. 933, Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA. . Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed May 2, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/255
from May. 1, 1865
Created to mourn the death of Abraham Lincoln. Apparently the music is based upon "An Honest Man's the Noblest Work of God."
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words by Alice Hawthorne, lyrics by Sep. Winner
printed by Auner's Printing Officer, N.E. Corner of Eleventh and Market, Philadelphia, PA. Distributed by Sep. Winner's Music Store, No. 933, Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA.
May 1, 1865