Tag Archives: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

battle hymns

Posted on May 27, 2019 by SUMPTER

In its June 1, 1919 issue the New York Tribune commemorated the birth centenaries of two well-known Civil War-era Americans. ______________________________ According to Wikipedia, Julia Ward Howe was a poet, author, abolitionist, and advocate for women’s suffrage: She was inspired … Continue reading →

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“Many said: Is it possible to save our nation?”

Posted on May 4, 2015 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times May 5, 1865: THE BURIAL.; President Lincoln Again at His Western Home. The Mortal, Four Years Absent, Returns Immortal. Close of the Grandest Funeral Procession in History. Two Weeks’ Solemn March Among Millions of Mourners. The … Continue reading →

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Ballistic in Buffalo

Posted on May 2, 2015 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1865: When J. Wilkes Booth played in Buffalo three years ago, he broke a plate glass window in the store of O.E. Sibley, where a lot of rebel trophies were exhibited. He … Continue reading →

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Columbus, Obsequies

Posted on April 29, 2015 by SUMPTER

Two images from April 29, 1865 during funeral obsequies for Abraham Lincoln in Columbus Ohio, a stop on the funeral train’s long trek to Springfield: According to the Library of Congress the following photo “shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati … Continue reading →

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round midnight

Posted on April 27, 2015 by SUMPTER

It was reported that just before midnight on April 26, 1865 President Lincoln’s funeral cortege arrived in Syracuse, New York. 35,000 people were waiting in the rain to pay their respects with bells, fires, and cannon as the train chugged … Continue reading →

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savior’s progress

Posted on April 24, 2015 by SUMPTER

Above the entrance to the ferry way appears the inscription: “WASHINGTON, the Father; LINCOLN, the Savior of his country.” 150 years ago today the remains of President Lincoln and his son Willie were conveyed from Philadelphia to New York City. … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia procession

Posted on April 23, 2015 by SUMPTER
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let’s be guided by his spirit

Posted on April 22, 2015 by SUMPTER

at least the spirit of President Lincoln’s second inaugural I’m pretty sure The Seneca Falls Reveille (in Seneca County, New York) was a strongly pro-Democrat newspaper during the Civil War. 150 years ago today it published an editorial on the … Continue reading →

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obsequies

Posted on April 21, 2015 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper on April 21, 1865: OBSEQUIES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. The funeral ceremonies over the remains of the late President LINCOLN took place at the Executive Mansion in Washington on Wednesday, in the presence of … Continue reading →

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“too noble a mind”

Posted on April 20, 2015 by SUMPTER

His was too noble a mind to indulge in a spirit of retaliation or revenge. I think the following might have been published on April 21, 1865. It seems that the editors thought it was still possible that Secretary Seward … Continue reading →

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