Surrender rumors and assassination plots haunt Lincoln era notes
A Dubuque Herald summary recounts scant intelligence on Johnston's surrender, a Lee interview tale likely fiction, Lincoln's route via Columbus, and rumors of a large assassination plot. It notes Secretary Stanton's clerical cuts, Western supply woes, a Memphis disaster on the Sultans with many deaths, and a revised date for national humiliation day.
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Gen
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Lincoln
Columbua
Hut Ton
Houth
Stuman
Monument at Ford’s Theatre Proposed in Washington
A movement proposes purchasing Ford’s Theatre in Washington the scene of Lincoln’s assassination, removing the building, and erecting a monument to signal the first martyr of the American Republic to universal freedom. The plan is well received and would likely be funded by public subscription if placed with capable trustees.
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Lincoln
American Republic
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Frank Nf
Times
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Tribune
Edwin Booth
Mr. Booth
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Abraham Lincoln
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B. W. Heston
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Thomas J. Chew, Jr
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Description of a President's mahogany coffin with ornate silver fittings
The passage details an elaborately decorated coffin for the President, describing a mahogany body lined with lead and covered in rich fabrics. It mentions outer embellishments like silver tacks, tassels, handles, and a silver plaque with a shield, plus an interior of satin, black and white braid, and dentiled fringe.
Death and the Lincoln Coffin Described in Grim Detail
A lurid recounting of Abraham Lincoln's embalmed corpse in a coffin, detailing the face and body changes after death. The narrative stresses the preservation process, the pallid features, and the somber reaction of onlookers as an era ends.
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Nzera
Tate
Willie Lincoln
Brown
Alexander
Abraham Lincoln
Division of Morale and Surrender Reports Amid War Delays
A jumble of late Civil War era dispatches notes administrative shifts and wartime delays. Reports discuss morale, government layoffs, supply halts, and a postponed fast, alongside burial mysteries and a deadly Mississippi steamer disaster with 1400 lives lost.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Assassination News Sours Cities as War Fronts Move
April reports from New York and New Orleans describe nationwide mourning after the president's assassination. Cortinas clashes near Bagdad are described with few casualties and a few prisoners. Porter's removal and Sheridan's actions mark turn toward war termination as Lincoln's amnesty looms. Gold prices drift as military needs ease.
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New York
Civil War Dispatches Recap From Memphia to Washington
Reports detail paroled prisoners aboard the Sultana near Memphis and a recall of the post catastrophe rescue. Johnston seeks pardon terms from Grant but is rebuffed. The Olinda alias Stonewall sails from Teneri toward the Canary Islands. Booth’s postmortem shows a spinal injury. Richmond notes Lees’s stance on state rights and peaceful restoration. Jay Cooke cites 730 loan subscriptions with major sums from Cincinnati New York and Boston.
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Lincoln funeral crowds endure rain in Midwest rail stops
Report notes regret over omission of Minnesota legislature in Lincoln funeral card and describes mourners in heavy rain at railroad stations including Columbus, Grafton, Wellington, and Crestline as the funeral bier passes, lanterns aloft to view the coffin.
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