New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.

Lincoln's Body Brought to Court House, Chicago

ArtistPossibly Samuel Montague Fassett (American, 1825 - 1910)

DateMay 1, 1865

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 × 7 1/8 in. (12.7 × 18.1 cm)
Overall, Support: 7 1/8 × 9 1/4 in. (18.1 × 23.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 7 1/8 in. (40.6 × 18.1 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.322

Terms

U.S. Civil War
Men
Military affairs

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. Photograph of Chicago as the body of Lincoln is carried in a hearse to the Court house. Crowds of people are gathered in the street. Several horse carriages are following the hearse. A water fountain is off to the right side of the image. Several tall building tower over this scene including one with a sign reading "Printing, Bank Note Engraving, Lithography." Two trees are in the foreground but are bare of any leaves. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextPossibly Samuel Montague Fassett American, 1825−1910 Lincoln’s Body Brought to Court House, Chicago, 1865 Albumen print (photograph) One of the final stops of the Lincoln Special was Chicago, Ill., where it arrived at 11:00 a.m. on May 1, 1865. A grand parade accompanied Lincoln’s casket from Union Depot to Court House Square, where the hearse stands in this photograph. Massive crowds waited to enter the Cook County Courthouse to see the casket. Throughout the night and following day, mourners passed through at a rate of roughly 7,000 per hour. Then Lincoln’s body was taken to Springfield, Ill., where family and old friends attended his burial. Gift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange 98.32.322