from May. 1, 1865

National Lincoln Monument Description of Grounds

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    Notice- National Lincoln Monument Description of Grounds

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    A notice from the National Lincoln Monument Association, describing the grounds chosen for the monument in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois. The notice goes on to discuss where materials will come from and the view from the Monument grounds.

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    Tucker Collection care of Museum of the Grand Prairie

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    Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution to the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission please contact Museum of the Grand Prairie, Champaign County Forest Preserve District.

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    National Lincoln Monument Association. "Notice- National Lincoln Monument Description of Grounds". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/404

from Apr. 20, 1865

$100,000 Reward

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    "War Department, Washington, April 20, 1865. $100,000 Reward! The Murderer of Our Late Beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, Is Still at Large"

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    Large broadside with a proclamation (signed in type) by Edwain M. Stanton, Secretary of War, describing the rewards offered for the capture of the assassins. The broadside also includes a description of the fugitives and notes that Booth might have shaved off his mustache.

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    Massachusetts Historical Society, Bdses 1865 Apr. 20

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    Use of this item for research, teaching, and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as: From the Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please see this web page

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    United States. War Department.. " "War Department, Washington, April 20, 1865. $100,000 Reward! The Murderer of Our Late Beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, Is Still at Large"". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/284

from Apr. 17, 1865

Treasury Department order: Mourning band

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    Printed Treasury Department order to wear a crepe mourning band in honor of Lincoln

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    Printed order issued by the Treasury Department in Washington and signed by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch instructing all Treasury employees to wear a crepe arm band for six months following Lincoln's assassination.

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    Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, UPenn Ms. Coll. 941, Box 3 Folder 13.

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    This item is in the Public Domain

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    McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895United States. Department of the Treasury. "Printed Treasury Department order to wear a crepe mourning band in honor of Lincoln". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/295

from Apr. 15, 1865

$10,000 reward!

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    $10,000 reward!

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    Notice issued on April 15, 1865 by the Headquarters Department of Washington offering a reward for the arrest of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln and William H. Seward. Signed by C.C. [Christopher Columbus] Augur, Major General, Commanding Department.

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    Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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    This image is in the public domain. Use or display should be accompanied by the credit: Courtesy The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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    Headquarters Department of Washington. "$10,000 reward!". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/298

from Apr. 16, 1865

General Order no. 66

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    Printed General Order no. 66 - Department of War.

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    Official general order issued by the United States War Department announcing President Lincoln's death and ordering various mourning rituals be observed.

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    Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, UPenn Ms. Coll. 941, Box 1 Folder 48

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    This item is in the Public Domain.

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    United States. War Department . "Printed General Order no. 66 - Department of War.". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/297

from May. 1, 1865

Dedicated to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln

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    Dedicated to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln...America's noblest sons are weeping

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    Broadside reading "Dedicated to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln" including 8 lines of poetry beginning "America's noblest sons are weeping" copyright James Logan [Philadelphia].

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    DEDICATED
    TO THE
    MEMORY OF
    ABRAHAM LINCOLN

    America’s noblest sons are weeping
    Her daughters they are bathed in tears;
    Abraham the Great has fallen---in
    Nature’s sleep, the sleep of years.
    Now he’s gone, we’ll not recall him
    From a paradise of bliss----
    Where he pleads the cause of Freedom
    To a changing world like this.

    Entered to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by James Logan, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.




    [Transcription by: Dr. Susan Corbesero, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

  • Source

    Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, UPenn Ms. Coll. 941, Box 4 Folder 1

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    This item is in the Public Domain.

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    Logan, James. "Dedicated to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln...America's noblest sons are weeping". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/294

from Apr. 15, 1865

General Order no. 51

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    Printed General Order no. 51 - Department of the Navy

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    Official general order issued by the United States Department of the Navy announcing President Lincoln's death and ordering various mourning rituals be observed.

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    Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, UPenn Ms. Coll. 941, Box 1 Folder 47

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    This item is in the Public Domain.

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    United States. Navy Department . "Printed General Order no. 51 - Department of the Navy". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/296

from May. 1, 1865

A nation mourns her martyr'd son

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    A nation mourns her martyr'd son

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    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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    80.0390

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    Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as defined here. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please contact the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.

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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 July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/255

from May. 1, 1865

Augustine J. H. Duganne Poem on Lincoln Assassination

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    In Memoriam - Augustine J. H. Duganne Poem on Lincoln Assassination

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    Memorial card with poem by Augustine J. H. Duganne. This piece describes Lincoln as a martyr and gentle ruler, loving the South despite their hatred towards him. Augustine remarks on the significance of Lincoln being assassinated on Good Friday and makes comparisons between the event and the Crucifixion. Augustine Duganne was a novelist and poet from Boston and became a colonel for the 176th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. He was captured by the Confederates in 1863 and was a POW in a Texas prison for over a year. After the war he wrote about his experiences in prison in a book called "Camps and Prisons: Twenty Months in the Department of the Gulf."

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    80.2060

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    Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as defined here. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please contact the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.

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    poem by A. J. H. Duganne. .. "In Memoriam - Augustine J. H. Duganne Poem on Lincoln Assassination". Published by Trent, Filmer & Co. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/248

from Apr. 24, 1865

In Memoriam

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    In Memoriam

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    This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln in an oval portrait with the words "Abraham Lincoln." Over the portrait appears "In Memoriam," and underneath is the caption, "Born February 12th, 1809 Died April 15th 1865." Handwritten on the back is the legend, "Card sold for 5c in NY [illegible] at the time Lincoln lay in state in City Hall N.Y.C." This would place the time of sale around April 24, 1865. This is one of many similar cards produced to commemorate Lincoln's death.

  • Source

    Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University

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    Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as defined here. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please contact the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum of Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN.

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    anonymous. "In Memoriam". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed July 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/243

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