Lincoln's remains rested in a pagoda-style catafalque, which allowed local mourners to pay their respects in 2 moving lines. A portion of the 29th Ohio National Guard and the Veteran Reserve Corps ...

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination ... a snippet of drapery from the catafalque, a scrap of crepe from the funeral train. Within hours of Lincoln’s death, a bit of his bloodstained shirt would ...

On April 15, 1865, President Abraham ... funeral route in the train, including the president’s eldest living son, Robert. But also onboard was a coffin containing the body of Willie, Lincoln ...

One hundred sixty years ago this week, the nation was in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

work began on Buffalo’s streets to shine and prep for the excitement and mournfully busy endeavor that would assure a proper funeral procession for Abraham Lincoln. The assassinated President ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

where the 39th president now lies in state on the catafalque first used for Abraham Lincoln. Carter, who died at age 100 on Dec. 29, was eulogized by Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority ...