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At eight o'clock in the morning President Lincoln begins his twelve-day journey home from Washington D.C. |
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Doctor Samuel Mudd, who treated and sheltered John Wilkes Booth, is arrested at his Maryland farm |
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At Salem, Virginia, legendary cavalry commander Colonel J.S. Mosby bids his command farewell for the last time |
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At ten o'clock in the morning President Lincoln's remains reach Baltimore to lie in state there for several hours |
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Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Harrisburg and rolls across the Pennsylvania countryside to Philadelphia |
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In Philadelphia, President Lincoln's remains lay in state at Independence Hall for two days |
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On the Mississippi, a Confederate warship makes a bold breakout and almost reaches the open sea |
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President Johnson sets May 25th as a day of "special humiliation and prayer" for Abraham Lincoln |
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President Lincoln's remains arrive in New York City to lay in state at City Hall |
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Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Philadelphia before dawn and moves across New Jersey |
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In the French coast resort of Nice, the heir to the Russian Empire dies of meningitis, aged twenty-one |
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In the Potomac Estuary, scores of soldiers drown after a midnight collision between steamships |
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Transporting Union cavalry near Mobile, Alabama, a steamer hits a mine and sinks with loss of life |
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President Lincoln's remains depart New York City after a massive procession across the city |
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Secretary Edwin Stanton intervenes to ensure African-American participation in New York's funeral procession |
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In North Carolina, against orders, CSA General J. E. Johnston surrenders the entire Army of the Tennessee |
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John Wilkes Booth is trapped in a Virginia barn, is shot, and dies of his wound just before dawn |
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At Albany, thousands of citizens file past Abraham Lincoln's coffin in the State Capitol |
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President Lincoln's funeral train makes its way across upstate New York to Buffalo |
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On the Mississippi, near Memphis, the Steamboat "Sultana" explodes and up to 1,800 passengers and crew die |
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In Philadelphia, high political emotions start a brawl and get a prominent Philadelphia author arrested |
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In Philadelphia, the new Municipal Hospital for Contagious Diseases is officially dedicated |
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President Lincoln's remains spend the day in Buffalo, New York before heading for Cleveland, Ohio |
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President Lincoln's remains spend the day in Cleveland, Ohio, on their journey west |
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In Columbus, Ohio, thousands view President Lincoln's remains during a day at the State Capitol |
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In Washington, John Wilkes Booth's accused fellow plotters are transferred to the Old Penitentiary for trial |
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For Christian religious reasons, President Johnson adjusts the day of mourning for Abraham Lincoln to June 1, 1865 |
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At Richmond, Indiana, a crowd of thousands await the three a.m. arrival of President Lincoln's train |
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President Lincoln's casket lays in state at the State Capitol in Indianapolis, Indiana |
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In England, Robert Fitzroy, innovative scientist and Charles Darwin's "Voyage of the Beagle" captain dies by suicide |
