C.S.S. Stonewall, Washington Naval Yard, Washington D.C., June 1865

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Washington, D.C. Ex-Confederate iron-clad ram Stonewall at anchor; U.S. Capitol in the background
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Civil War Glass Negative Collection, Library of Congress

C.S.S. Stonewall, Washington Naval Yard, circa 1866

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 20, 2015.
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Rebel Ram Stonewall
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Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

In Louisville, Kentucky, captured Confederate guerrilla M. Jerome Clarke, rumored to be "Sue Mundy," is executed for murder

"Sue Mundy" was a fictional Confederate guerrilla editor of the Louisville Journal George Prentice had invented to ridicule the federal occupation of Kentucky.  When twenty year-old guerrilla leader, Captain Marcellus Jerome Clarke was captured, rumours abounded that he was the famed raider.  Clarke was captured on Sunday, tried on Monday for murder, and hanged on this Wednesday in Louisville. (By John Osborne) 
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In New York Harbor, convicted Confederate spy and New York City arsonist Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy is executed

Robert Cobb Kennedy had been one of the six men who had attempted to fire New York City in November, 1864.  He had escaped to Canada but was later captured in Detroit, Michigan, trying to make his way back to the South.  He was tried and sentenced to death as a spy.  He admitted the attempted arson at the Lovejoy,Tammany, and New England hotels as well as Barnum's Museum. He was executed at Fort Lafayette in New York Harbor.  (By John Osborne)
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In Springfield, Illinois, President Lincoln is laid to rest at the Oak Ridge Cemetery

In Springfield, Illinois, at ten o'clock in the morning, President Lincoln's coffin was closed for the final time and transported in a solemn procession from the Illinois State House to the Oak Ridge Cemetery, one and a half miles away.  Following his hearse was his old horse from his circuit riding days, "Old Robin," then more than sixteen years old. At the cemetery, Abraham Lincoln was laid to rest after a twelve day, 1662 mile journey home.  (By John Osborne) 
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Abraham Lincoln returns to Springfield, Illinois where his remains lay in state in the State House

President Lincoln's funeral train, on the twelfth day of its journey, arrived at its destination just one hour behind schedule. Amid huge crowds, the coffin was taken to the State House where it lay in state in Representatives' Hall. Arriving in Springfield with the body were three men who had left for Washington from there with the newly elected President Lincoln in early 1861, David Hunter, David Davis, and Ward Lamon.  (By John Osborne) 
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President Lincoln's remains reboard his funeral train for the last time in Chicago bound for Springfield, Illinois and home

After twenty-eight straight hours on view in the Court House at Chicago, President Lincoln's coffin was closed and borne back to its funeral train at the Chicago, Alton, and St. Louis Depot in a massive torchlit parade at nine in the evening. Before midnight, the train was on the move again through a rain-soaked Illinois, this time on its final leg to the state capital. It reached Springfield at nine the next morning. (By John Osborne)
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Reaching his home state, President Lincoln's remains arrive in Chicago to a remarkable reception

President Lincoln's remains arrived in Chicago, Illinois at eleven in the morning to a remarkable civic demonstration of grief. The coffin was taken from the train at a special station built at Park Place and taken down Michigan Avenue in a massive parade of soldiers, police, and dignitaries from the city and the Congress, together with civic organizations. Total numbers for the parade were estimated at around 37,000. The coffin lay in state at the Court House until the following afternoon.  (By John Osborne)
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President Lincoln's casket lays in state at the State Capitol in Indianapolis, Indiana

President Lincoln's train reached Indianapolis, Indiana at seven o'clock in the morning on a Sunday that would see a constant heavy downfall of rain.  The coffin was placed on display at the State Capitol and remained there all day.  The dreadful weather caused the cancellation of a planned parade and other ceremonies but thousands viewed the president's open casket.  The funeral train left the city after midnight, bound for Chicago, Illinois. 
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At Richmond, Indiana, a crowd of thousands await the three a.m. arrival of President Lincoln's train

The first town in Indiana President Lincoln's funeral train reached was Richmond, population twelve thousand.  At 3:10 a.m. an estimated crowd of twelve to fifteen thousand were waiting as the locomotive rolled into the Richmond depot which was impressively decorated with flowers, a ceremonial arch, and other signs of mourning.  The train stopped for just a few moments and then slowly pulled away to continue its journey to the state capital of Indianapolis. (By John Osborne)   
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