Crowds waiting to view the remains of President Lincoln, State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, May 3, 1865, zoomable image

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Crowds waiting to view the remains of President Lincoln, State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois, May 3, 1865, zoomable image

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 2, 2015.

Depicted ContentLincoln's Assassination

Depicted ContentAbraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois where his remains lay in state in the State House

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Lincoln lies in state, Springfield, May 1865

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Civil War Collection, Library of Congress

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Photographer: Ridgway Glover

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