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Funeral Obsequies of President Lincoln

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This article was published in the Union Vedette, a newspaper published by United States soldiers stationed at Camp Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah. It discusses a meeting in which the Utah territory's federal, civil, and military officials adopted multiple resolutions related to the Lincoln assassination and planned for the city's memorial service. It expresses grief over Lincoln's death and extols his "integrity and ability as a magistrate," while endorsing Andrew Johnson as the new president.

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Funeral Obsequies of President Lincoln

At a meeting of the Federal, Civil and Military officials of Utah, held at the Executive in Great Salt Lake City, April 18th at two P.M., Hon. J. Duane Doty, Governor, was called to the chair, Capt. C.H Hemstead and T.B. H. Stenhouse, Esq., appointed Secretaries.
After preliminary consultation and expression of feeling over the sad event which called this meeting together, the following resolutions. presented by Hon. Chief Justice Titas, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the death by assassination of our beloved President. has wrung the hearts of all good men with grief;
Whereas, the serious wounding, by lawless violence, of our esteemed and honored Secretary of State, and his two sons, mingles with the sorrow of actual bereavement, the painful apprehension of further heart-rending loss and;
Whereas, also, in this our hour of calamity, we may not inappropriately seek that relief which affliction finds in outward expression! Therefore,
Resolved. That we cannot suppress the profound sorrow, with which we lament the untimtely death of our beloved President Abraham Lincoln, whose integrity and ability as a magistrate had secured for him the confidence of his country and whose genial virtues as a man, had endeared him to humanity itself:
Resolved. That with unaffected grief for our lamented President, is mingled the poignant regret, that he has not been spared to see and enjoy the fruition of that peace which has his labors had done so much to secure for his country, and which we believe is not far distant;
Resolved, That while we thus lament for our friend, the exemplary husband and father. we cannot forget the stricken family, but with a feeling of unaffected condolence humbly invoke for them that support, which transcends all human woe, in the divine power of its consolation;
Resolved, That we devotedly hope that the wounds of our able and honored Secretary of State William H. Seward, and his two sons, may none of them prove mortal but that they may all soon be restored to health. and long spared for further useful service, to our common country;
Resolved. That we have the fullest confidence in our President Andrew Johnson, our own and the Nation’s choice, as he was for the second. prepared by labor and trial as he was for the first office in government. and to which he is thus translated by the peration of the Constitution and the permission of a tremendous Providence.
Resolved. That a committee of five be appointed on the part of the Federal offices to confer with a committee of like number on the part of the city authorities. to make arrangements for suitable religious exercises to be held at the Tabernacle, April 19th, at twelve o’-clock, M.
Col. J.C. Little informed the meeting that Elder Amasa M. Lyman had been selected by city authorities to deliver an address at the Tabernacle.
Oh motion, it was unanimously resolved the Rev. Normal McLeod be also invited to deliver an eulogium on the life, character and illustrious services of the late President, on the same occasion and at-the-same place.
In accordance with the foregoing resolutions the following gentlemen were appointed by the Chair as the Committee of Arrangements. viz: Hon. Chief Justice John Titus, Col. O. H. Irish, Capt Chas H. Hempstead, Col. Robt. T. Burton and Col. I C Little.
Following is the committee appointed on behalf of the city authorities. viz: Hon. Mayor Smoot, Alderman Sheets, Alderson Raleigh, Thos. McKeon and N. H. Felt, E-qs.
On motion, the Secretaries were instructed to transmit a copy of the proceedings of this meeting to the City Council, and that public notice be given of the exercises at the Tabernacle.
J. DUANE DOTY, President.
T.B.H. Stenhouse,
Chas H. Hempstead } Secretaries

[Transcription by Alicia B., Ford's Theatre Society, and Janet Scanlon.]

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Utah Digital Newspapers Contributed by McKayla Herron, M.A. Student in Public History, West Virginia University

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Union Vedette. "Funeral Obsequies of President Lincoln". Union Vedette. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed September 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1211

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Union Vedette

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Union Vedette

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April 21, 1865

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

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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.

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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 September 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1142

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S.M. Fassett

Date

May 1, 1865

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12 1/4 x 14 in.

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President Abraham Lincoln's Washington, DC Funeral Directions and Notes

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This is a letter and invitation to Matias Romero, the minister of the Mexican Republic, to the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln at the White House. It includes the funeral procession, schedule and list of pallbearers.

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REPUBLIC OF MEXICO. 81

No. 3.
Mr. Hunter to Mr. Romero.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, April 18, 1865.
Sir: I have the honor to enclose a programme of arrangements for the obsequies of the late President. The religious services will take place at the Executive mansion at 12 o'clock to-morrow. Your attendance at half past eleven is invited.
I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, your obedient servant,
W. HUNTER,
Acting Secretary.
Señor MATIAS ROMERO. &c., Washington, D. C.
_________
[Enclosure No. 1.]
Official arrangements at Washington for the funeral solemnities of the late Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, who died at the seat of government on Saturday, the 15th day of April, 1865.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, April 17, 1865.
THe following order of arrangements is directed:

ORDER OF THE PROCESSION.

Funeral escort—in column of march.
One regiment of cavalry.
Two batteries of artillery,
Battalion of marines.
Two regiments of infantry.
Commander of escort and staff.
Dismounted officers of marine corps, navy and army, in the order named.
Mounted officers of marine corps, navy army, in the order named.
All military officers to be in uniform, with side-arms.

CIVIC PROCESSION.

Marshal.
Clergy in attendance.
The Surgeon General of the United States army and physicians to to the deceased.

Pall-bearers. HEARSE. Pall-bearers.
Pall-bearers. Pall-bearers.

On the part of the Senate : On the part of the House :
Mr. Foster, of Conecticut, Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts.
Mr. Morgan, of New York. Mr. Coffroth, of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Johnson, Maryland. Mr. Smith, of Kentucky.
Part ii----6

82 REPUBLIC OF MEXICO.

Mr. Yates of Illinois. Mr. Colfax, of Indiana.
Mr. Wade, of Ohio, Mr. Worthington, of Nevanda.
Mr. Conness, of California. Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.

Army: Navy:
Lieutenant General U. S. Grant Vice-Admiral D. G. Farragut.
Major General H. W. Halleck. Rear-Admiral W. B. Subrick.
Brevet Brigadier General W. A. Nichols. Colonel Jocab Zeilin, marine corps.

Civilians:
O. H. Browning. Thomas Corwin.
George Ashmun. Simon Cameron

Family.
Relatives.
The delegations of the States of Illinois and Kentucky, as mourners.
The President.
The cabinet ministers.
The diplomatic corps.
Ex-Presidents.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
The Senate of the United States, preceded by their officers.
Members of the House of Representatives of the United States.
Governors of the several States and Territories.
Legislatures of the several States and Territories.
The federal judiciary and the judiciary of the several States and Territories.
The Assistant Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, and the
Assistant Postmaster General, and the Assistant Attorney General.
Officers of the Smithsonian Institution.
The members and officers of the Sanitary and Christian Commissions.
Corporate authorities of Washington, Georgetown, and other cities.
Delegations of the several States.
The reverend the clergy of the various denominations.
The clerks and employés of the several departments and bureaus, preceded by
The heads of such bureaus and their respective chief clerks.
Citizens and strangers.

The troops designated to form the escort will assemble in the avenue, north of the President’s House, and form line precisely at 11 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, the 19th instant, with the left resting on Fifteenth street. The procession will move precisely at 2 o’clock p. m., on the conclusion of the religious services at the Executive Mansion, (appointed to commence at 12 o’clock, meridian,) when minute-guns will be fired by detachments of artillery stationed near St. John’s Church, the City Hall, and at the Capitol. At the same hour the bells of the several churches in Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria will be tolled.
At sunrise on Wednesday, the 19th instant, a federal salute will be fired from the military stations in the vicinity of Washington, minute-guns between the house of 12 and 3 o’clock, and a national salute at the setting of the sun.
The usual badge of mourning will be worn on the left arm and on the hilt of the sword.
By order of the secretary of War:
W. A. NICHOLS,
Assistant Adjutant General




[Transcription by: Grace C., Dr. Susan Corbesero’s Class, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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Google Books

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William Hunter. "President Abraham Lincoln's Washington, DC Funeral Directions and Notes ". Government Printing Office. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed September 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1126

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William Hunter

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Government Printing Office

Date

April 18, 1865

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Mourners at Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in Springfield, IL - Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Drawing

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In the June 10th, 1865 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly newspaper, this image was printed next to an article about President Lincoln's funeral in Springfield, Illinois. It shows President Lincoln's eldest son, Robert, at his tomb and others raising money to build a memorial to President Lincoln. President Lincoln was buried on May 4, 1865 at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The illustrated literary and news publication was founded in 1855 and continued until 1922. It was one of several started by publisher and illustrator Frank Leslie. Leslie was a British engraver who came to the United States in 1848. The Illustrated Weekly followed a tested and proven formula of carefully combining elements of war, politics, art, science, travel and exploration, literature and the fine arts in each issue, enhanced with between 16 and 32 illustrations. By 1897 its circulation had grown to an estimated 65,000 copies.

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The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

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Thomas Hogan. "Mourners at Abraham Lincoln's Funeral in Springfield, IL - Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Drawing". Frank Leslie. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed September 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1111

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Thomas Hogan

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Frank Leslie

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June 10, 1865

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Philadelphia Funeral Procession Details

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This document describes the arrangement of the funeral procession that accompanied Abraham Lincoln's body while in Philadelphia. The text describes the street routes of the procession, the logistics of moving from Independence Hall for the viewing to Christ Church for the religious funeral services, and the order, formation, and conduct of the procession.

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The Abraham Lincoln Foundation of The Union League of Philadelphia (Object ID: XI.2.1963.3.1)

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Unknown

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Ink and paper

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Fragment of Abraham Lincoln's Shirt from the Night of His Assassination

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On April 15, 1865, a detail of six Union soldiers transported the body of Abraham Lincoln from the Petersen House to the White House, where a Union surgeon performed an autopsy. In recognition of the extraordinary task performed by these soldiers, their commander, General Daniel Rucker, cut six pieces of President Lincoln’s undershirt and gave a piece to each soldier. One of these soldiers was John C. Weaver from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who was assigned to the Quartermasters Corps at the time of President Lincoln's assassination. Weaver's piece of Lincoln's undershirt was given to his granddaughter, Ellen Millen, who complied a collage that incorporated the cloth fragment, printed documentation about Weaver, photographs and annotations.

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The Abraham Lincoln Foundation of The Union League of Philadelphia (Object ID: 2007.1.1)

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Unknown. "Fragment of Abraham Lincoln's Shirt from the Night of His Assassination". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed September 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/1000

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Unknown

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April 15, 1865

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Cotton

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4.625 x 9.625

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City Inspector's Office Certificate

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This card grants permission to the state of New York to move Lincoln’s body to Springfield, Illinois for interment. The card notes that Lincoln died of a “pistol shot wound.”

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City Inspector’s Office.
New - York, April 21 1805
Permission is hereby given to Peter Relyea
to remove the remains of Abraham Lincoln
Died of pistol shot wound
Now in the city
Springfield Ill for Interment.
H.J. A. Bools
City inspector
RY Bailey Van Clerks

[Transcription Team: Zoe W., Addi S., Brianna J.]
[New Hampton Middle School]

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Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, FOTH 3375

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unknown

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1865

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Soldering Tools in Shadow Box

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Tools used by tinsmith S.S. Elder to seal Lincoln’s coffin before his burial in Springfield. Note the damage on the blue State House pass. In a letter of his account, Elder wrote that “…the crowd surged up against me so that acid from the bottel [sic] splashed on the blue cardboard pass nearly obliterating the words printed on it.”

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Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, FOTH 6341-6342

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1865

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Dunks Family Correspondence

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Near the end of the second page, Julius Dunks begins to briefly describe the funeral for Abraham Lincoln in Union City, a village in Southern Michigan that served as an important juncture in the Underground Railroad. He notes that the townspeople intended to hold a procession, but a hard rain forced them to cancel.

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JSDunks

Apr 23 / 65

Union City April 23, 1865

Brother Oliver.

Your kind & wel
comed letter was rec - last
Friday. was kind a glad to
hear from thee. We have been
pretty busy the past week
monday & Tues forenoon I plowed
Thursday forenoon have about
another days work to do yet
it has rained conciderable,
this week and been very cold
Wensday morn. Father & I
went up to Mr Coats and
Bought a tree for stakes and
gave him 1.00 then he gave
us six other cuts so we
have about six hundred
stakes in all they are all
split but one. yesterday fore
noon I sharpened Stakes and

in the after noon I drew them
home & spread them arround
we have got about half of them
home. Father is going to sharpen
the rest of them & split that
out tomorrow. Coats also gave
us annother tree that was dead
for rails it is alittle rotten on
the out side but guess that
it is sound at the heart It
is a large Black Ash, we are
going to use it for rails we
have also bought the timber for
one thousand rails for 5.00 we
are to cut & Split ourselfs.
Mary has got over the measles.
and is pretty well. Mat has also
got well Ed [Burten?] was taken
but has not been very sick
Lucy Leigh is pretty sick with
them now. they had quite a time
here last wensday they held Mr
Lincoln Funeral that day the

church was crouded as full as
it could be. the church was
all draped in mourning.
just about they same as they did
there. they were intending to
have a procession but it rained
very hard. William received
that package last night. they look
very well I have not tried any
of them. I am going to take a lode
of Read Wheat out out to
Coldwater to morrow & Wm
is going with me. We heard to
day that uncle Georges Baby was
Just alive. [illegible in original] [music?] looks pretty
well. We sold 26 Bushels of corn
last week pert of it - 1.00 1.25- ,80
we have about ten Bush. left
the Sheep all look well we have
not got any lambs yet but guess
that they will be gin to come
the last of this week.

Who did Lib Dunks merey

has She had those photograph
yet I think that her foot mus be
well by this time. where is she
going to live, I have had quite
a time with my arm it worked
first rate I only Stopped work
one day It Swelled up pretty
big how does yours get allong
mother wants you to send
the scab home in a letter
so that she can vaxinate
Mary & Wm what is there
about [illegible in original] Bills that
you do not under stand then
would be a tiptop place.

Pleas write Soon

Yours J S Dunks

___________________________________
April 25 dear Brother I will try & fill the
sheat I am going to [start?] on my expedition
tomorrow morn ing Think I shall be gone
about 2 weeks the first time I am very
much pleased with the Pens. Who did [herb?]
Dunks marry that is what is his name
& what is his Business you did not
tell what those ties cost apiece

You Brother W C Dunks

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c.00123 - Dunks Family Correspondence

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Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Julius S. Dunks. "Dunks Family Correspondence". Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed September 17, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/861

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Julius S. Dunks

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Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections

Date

April 23, 1865

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Ink and Paper

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5" x 8"

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"We Mourn a Father Slain Route"

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This broadside details the route the funeral procession will take in Philadelphia.

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WE MOURN A FATHER SLAIN.
_________________________
ROUTE.
_________________________
The Procession will form on Broad Street, the left resting on Fitzwater Street, facing west, and move by the following route:—Up Broad to Walnut, up Walnut to Nineteenth, up Nineteenth to Arch, down Arch to Fifth, down Fifth to Walnut, and thence to the gate in Independence Square.
____________________________
A. W. AUNER’S PRINTING OFFICE,
N. E. COR. ELEVENTH & MARKET STS., Philada.




[Transcription by: Ricarda H., Dr. Susan Corbesero’s Class, Ellis School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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Library of Congress, Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana, portfolio 16, no. 53

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A. W. Auner's Printing Office, Philadelphia, PA