Crowds entering Cook County Courthouse, Chicago, Illinois, to view President Lincoln's remains, May 1, 1865, detail

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Crowds entering Cook County Courthouse, Chicago, Illinois, to view President Lincoln's remains, May 1, 1865, detail

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

Depicted ContentPresident Lincoln's remains reboard his funeral train for the last time in Chicago bound for Springfield, Illinois and home

Depicted ContentReaching his home state, President Lincoln's remains arrive in Chicago to a remarkable reception

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Lincoln lying in state

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Civil War Collection, Library of Congress

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Photographer: S.M. Fassett

Cropped from the larger image, also available here.

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