THE OBSEQUIES: Removal of the Remains from Washington; The Reception of the Funeral Train at Baltimore and Harrisburgh (4/22/1865)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/22/1865

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21 -- 9:30 P.M.

The remains of ABRAHAM LINCOLN have departed from Washington. All of the moral part that is left on earth is now on its way to its final resting place beneath the sod of his chosen State. The last tribute of honor that could be paid by the people of Washington, was tendered this morning in escorting the body from the capitol to the cars.

All day yesterday, despite the rain, until 6 o'clock, thousands wended their way up the Capitol steps, into the grand rotunda, by the bier and coffin of the President, and then out at the eastern entrance. The people clung to their friend with tenacity, and their silent homage was deep and tearful.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN came here untried, unpopular, and almost despised among Washington people; his body, as it goes forth from the gates of the city, is the recipient of an homage and devotion unexampled in the history of the nation. But it is gone, and the outward gloom is disappearing, though hearts are heavy still.

At 7 o'clock this morning the Congressional escort, the Illinois Committee, Gov. OGLESBY and Staff, Gen. TOWNSEND, of the War Department, and all others who, by invitation or appointment, were selected to accompany the remains to Illinois, assembled at the Capitol, where a guard of two hundred men of the Veteran Reserve Corps were assembled to escort the remains to the cars. A large number of distinguished persons were also present to pay their last tribute of respect to their ruler and chief -- President JOHNSON, Lieut.-Gen. GRANT, Brevet Major-Gen. MEIGS, Brevet Major Gen. BARNARD, Brig.-Gen. RUCKER, Brig.-Gen. HOWE, and others.

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The Obsequies: Removal of the Remains from Washington – 2-4
The Capture of Mobile: Official Report of Admiral Thatcher – 4
Army of the Potomac: Interesting Event – 4
Reported Defeat of Gen. Gresham – 4
Senator Sumner’s House Guarded – 4
News from Washington – 4-5
The Seward Family: Official Reports from Surgeon-General Barnes – 5
Editorial: National Humiliation – Wounding Southern Pride – 5
The Rebel Refugees in the Provinces – 5
President Johnson’s Addresses – 5
The Logic of Booth‘s Letter – 5-6
Biblical Lore – 6
The Reception of the New British Minister – 6
We Appreciate . . . – 6
Charities and Correction – 6
Public Health – 6
Amateur Concert – 6