from Apr. 28, 1865
"The Face of the Dead"
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The Face of the Dead
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Lincoln was the first President of the United States to be embalmed. His funeral and viewing was done with an open casket, so that in Washington, D.C., and at other stops along the route of the funeral train, citizens could view his body. the funeral train stopped in Cleveland, Ohio on April 28, two weeks after the assassination, where for the first time the casket and catafalque were displayed outdoors. Over 60,000 citizens were reported to have viewed the body during that single day. The next day the Cleveland Morning Leader newspaper reported on the funeral events, including this short article about the countenance of the face of the President. While there are many photographs of the catafalque on display in Cleveland's Public Square, no photographs of Lincoln's body were allowed, so that this direct report provides what we know of how he looked two weeks after his death.
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www.wrhs.org
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Cleveland Morning Leader newspaper. "The Face of the Dead". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/225
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Cleveland Morning Leader newspaper
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April 28, 1865
from Apr. 28, 1865
The Face of the Dead
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Lincoln was the first President of the United States to be embalmed. His funeral and viewing was done with an open casket, so that in Washington, D.C., and at other stops along the route of the funeral train, citizens could view his body. the funeral train stopped in Cleveland, Ohio on April 28, two weeks after the assassination, where for the first time the casket and catafalque were displayed outdoors. Over 60,000 citizens were reported to have viewed the body during that single day. The next day the Cleveland Morning Leader newspaper reported on the funeral events, including this short article about the countenance of the face of the President. While there are many photographs of the catafalque on display in Cleveland's Public Square, no photographs of Lincoln's body were allowed, so that this direct report provides what we know of how he looked two weeks after his death.
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www.wrhs.org
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Permission for personal or research use; publication or reproduction requires written permission of the Western Reserve Historical Society.
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Cleveland Morning Leader newspaper
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April 28, 1865
from Feb. 17, 1866
The Lincoln Congressional Commemoration
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"From Washington. The Lincoln Congressional Commemoration in Washington - Imposing Funeral Ceremonies - Bancroft's Oration."
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Article discussing the ceremony held to honor the late President Lincoln on his birthday, February 12. An excerpt of George Bancroft’s memorial address is included, with a description of the audience’s response to it. Published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on February 17, 1866.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, item number ADVCOL42. Catalog record for this title is available here
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Montgomery Daily Mail. ""From Washington. The Lincoln Congressional Commemoration in Washington - Imposing Funeral Ceremonies - Bancroft's Oration."". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/233
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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February 17, 1866
from Feb. 17, 1866
"From Washington. The Lincoln Congressional Commemoration in Washington - Imposing Funeral Ceremonies - Bancroft's Oration."
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Article discussing the ceremony held to honor the late President Lincoln on his birthday, February 12. An excerpt of George Bancroft’s memorial address is included, with a description of the audience’s response to it. Published in the Montgomery Daily Mail on February 17, 1866.
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Excerpt from the Montgomery Daily Mail, item number ADVCOL42. Catalog record for this title is available here
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Montgomery Daily Mail
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February 17, 1866
from May. 1, 1865
"President Lincoln's Funeral March"
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President Lincoln's Funeral March
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Sheet music of a funeral march composed in honor of Abraham Lincoln by F. Mack.
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DCPL Artificial Collection, Box 11, Music
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Mack, Edward, 1826-1882 (Composer) . "President Lincoln's Funeral March". Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/265
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Mack, Edward, 1826-1882 (Composer)
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Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Date
1865
from May. 1, 1865
President Lincoln's Funeral March
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Description
Sheet music of a funeral march composed in honor of Abraham Lincoln by F. Mack.
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DCPL Artificial Collection, Box 11, Music
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Use of this item for research, teaching and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution. Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast or commercial use requires written permission. For permission please contact DC Public Library, Special Collections.
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Mack, Edward, 1826-1882 (Composer)
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Lee & Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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May 1, 1865
from Apr. 17, 1865
Schuyler Colfax to Joseph Medill
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Handwritten letter to Joseph Medill from Schuyler Colfax
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Schuyler Colfax's response to Chicago Tribune newspaper editor and owner Joseph Medill's April 14, 1865 letter to Abraham Lincoln. Colfax describes the immediate aftermath of Lincoln's assassination.
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Page one
National Hotel, Wash.
April 17, 1865
My dear Medill:
Alas! Alas! Your letter was “too late”. I have scarcely any hart to write to anybody or about anything; but I asked Mr. Lincoln about Chicago, on the mourning of the day he died and he said he would go if he could. The whole policy of the Gov’t was settled at a unanimous cabinet meeting on that fatal day. If I can possibly get over to see you any day next week, from S. B. and spend a few hours (my time is very scarce) I will do so, and tell you many things. There will probably be no extra session. The inevitable resolutions about England, France & Portugal that would pass under
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the P. I. and embarrass the Gov’t will prevent it. Besides the certain intestine controversies about Reconstruction. Johnson & Stanton were to have been murdered too. There were 6 conspirators in all. They supped together at 7 ½ p.m. at the Greenback restaurant near Fads bid each other good bye. Not for publication, if not published are ere you receive this. In room above Johnson’s, hdkf. with Booth’s name, sword and bowie knife between the beds were found. Asteroth was to kill Johnson. The N.Y. detective are exploring every clue. All private this.
The knife of Booth was doubtless intended for Grant. He has been hanging around the national all winter and is said to know me. Had I gone with the President to the theater I suppose I would have had it. But that is little compared to the President.
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Much obliged for what you tell me about a young lady I think really a great deal of. But I ought not to know what you say. Mrs. M. may tell me of her opinion of me. The shadow of the past is over yet, when alone, more than ever; and I have no more idea and ought not to have as to matrimony than you have today. I should be very exacting as to affection & I ought not to think of changing my situation unless I feel that I could give as much as I should demand. I generally pass by these things as Mrs. M. knows, buy I have given you a glimpse into a heart that has ceased to sorrow for what God took from me forever.
With earnest regards to Mrs. M.
Yours ever
Schuyler Colfax
I yet expect to the plains in May.
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Robert R. McCormick Research Center, III-10 Joseph Medill Archives, 1840-1899
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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885. "Handwritten letter to Joseph Medill from Schuyler Colfax". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/268
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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
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Date
April 17, 1865
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Letter
from Apr. 17, 1865
Handwritten letter to Joseph Medill from Schuyler Colfax
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Schuyler Colfax's response to Chicago Tribune newspaper editor and owner Joseph Medill's April 14, 1865 letter to Abraham Lincoln. Colfax describes the immediate aftermath of Lincoln's assassination.
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Robert R. McCormick Research Center, III-10 Joseph Medill Archives, 1840-1899
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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
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April 17, 1865
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Letter
from Apr. 29, 1865
Catafalque in Ohio Statehouse Rotunda
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Catafalque in Ohio Statehouse Rotunda
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Carte de visite of the catafalque (raised platform) on which Abraham Lincoln's casket was placed in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on April 29, 1865. There is a 2-cent tax stamp on the back of the card. On Saturday, April 29, 1865, Lincoln's funeral train arrived in Columbus at 7:30 A.M. Lincoln's casket was taken to the Ohio Statehouse where he laid in state in the rotunda. The Statehouse was draped in black crepe for the occasion. Thousands of visitors came throughout the day to honor the fallen President.
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Use of this item for research, teaching, and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Collection . Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please see this web page
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Witt, M. . "Catafalque in Ohio Statehouse Rotunda". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/271
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Witt, M.
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April 29, 1865
from Apr. 29, 1865
Catafalque in Ohio Statehouse Rotunda
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Carte de visite of the catafalque (raised platform) on which Abraham Lincoln's casket was placed in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on April 29, 1865. There is a 2-cent tax stamp on the back of the card. On Saturday, April 29, 1865, Lincoln's funeral train arrived in Columbus at 7:30 A.M. Lincoln's casket was taken to the Ohio Statehouse where he laid in state in the rotunda. The Statehouse was draped in black crepe for the occasion. Thousands of visitors came throughout the day to honor the fallen President.
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Use of this item for research, teaching, and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Collection . Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please see this web page
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Witt, M.
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April 29, 1865
from Apr. 29, 1865
Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln
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Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln
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Lithograph depicting the state capitol of Ohio with Lincoln's funeral car in foreground.
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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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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 June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/262
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Albert Ruger.
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Ehrgott Forbriger and Co. Lith., Cincinnati. Published by S. Selleck and Company of Columbus, OH.
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Date
April 29, 1865
from Apr. 29, 1865
Funeral Car of Abraham Lincoln
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Description
Lithograph depicting the state capitol of Ohio with Lincoln's funeral car in foreground.
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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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Albert Ruger.
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Ehrgott Forbriger and Co. Lith., Cincinnati. Published by S. Selleck and Company of Columbus, OH.
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April 29, 1865
from May. 1, 1865
Death of Lincoln
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Death of Lincoln
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This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by members of his cabinet, officers, and other dignitaries. A woman, apparently Mary Todd Lincoln, is seen weeping at his bedside.
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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. "Death of Lincoln ". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/244
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anonymous
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1865
from May. 1, 1865
Death of Lincoln
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This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Lincoln on his deathbed surrounded by members of his cabinet, officers, and other dignitaries. A woman, apparently Mary Todd Lincoln, is seen weeping at his bedside.
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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
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May 1, 1865
from May. 1, 1865
Abr. Lincoln
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Abr. Lincoln
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This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Abraham Lincoln in an oval portrait with the caption "Abr. Lincoln." The image is from a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of Brady's Gallery, Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864; it is the same image on the new five dollar bill and was reproduced often in Lincoln's own era.
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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. "Abr. Lincoln". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/245
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anonymous
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1865
from May. 1, 1865
Abr. Lincoln
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This carte-de-visite memorial card shows Abraham Lincoln in an oval portrait with the caption "Abr. Lincoln." The image is from a photograph taken by Anthony Berger of Brady's Gallery, Washington, D.C., on February 9, 1864; it is the same image on the new five dollar bill and was reproduced often in Lincoln's own era.
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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
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May 1, 1865
from May. 1, 1865
Lincoln Memorial Ribbon
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Lincoln Memorial Ribbon
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Ribbon printed with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, above an image of his signature, and the dates, "1861-1865."
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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 Detroit Historical Society.
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anonymous. "Lincoln Memorial Ribbon". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/182
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anonymous
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1865
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ribbon
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1.75" x 2.75"
from May. 1, 1865
Lincoln Memorial Ribbon
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Description
Ribbon printed with a head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln, above an image of his signature, and the dates, "1861-1865."
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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 Detroit Historical Society.
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anonymous
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May 1, 1865
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ribbon
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1.75" x 2.75"
from Apr. 30, 1865
Ulysses S. Grant in Mourning
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Ulysses S. Grant in Mourning
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Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant taken in April 1865 after accepting General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Grant is wearing a black crepe mourning band on his arm in honor of President Abraham Lincoln after he was assassinated. The photograph was taken in April 1865. However, the photographer mounted the portrait on a mat that has a printed copyright statement and the earlier date 1863.
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http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p267401coll32/id/9296
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Use of this item for research, teaching, and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Collection . Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please see this web page
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Gutekunst, Frederick. "Ulysses S. Grant in Mourning". Remembering Lincoln. Web. Accessed June 15, 2025. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/273
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Gutekunst, Frederick
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Date
April 1865
from Apr. 30, 1865
Ulysses S. Grant in Mourning
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Description
Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant taken in April 1865 after accepting General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Grant is wearing a black crepe mourning band on his arm in honor of President Abraham Lincoln after he was assassinated. The photograph was taken in April 1865. However, the photographer mounted the portrait on a mat that has a printed copyright statement and the earlier date 1863.
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Source
http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p267401coll32/id/9296
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Use of this item for research, teaching, and private study is permitted with proper citation and attribution, as Courtesy of the Ohio History Connection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Collection . Reproduction of this item for publication, broadcast, or commercial use requires written permission. For permission, please see this web page
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Creator
Gutekunst, Frederick
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Date
April 30, 1865