The funeral procession accompanying Abraham Lincoln’s body through Washington, DC, from the Wh
The funeral procession accompanying Abraham Lincoln’s body through Washington, DC, from the White House to the Capitol. He lay in state under the rotunda for a week and half before taking a special train to Springfield, IL. It stopped so much on the route home that the president’s body began to stink before he reached home, necessitating an end to the ceremonies and a quick burial -- source link
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