“The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the search for John Wilkes Booth” – as written by Provost Guard John H. Mathews from inside Point Lookout Prison, Maryland

A. Lincoln procession

Funeral procession for Abraham Lincoln on April 19, 1865, making its way on Pennsylvania Ave. from the White House to the U.S. Capital. His body was then taken by train to Springfield, Ill. for burial

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