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Two soldiers keep watch over Lincoln's casket in Springfield, Illinois
Summary
Two sketches: one a general view. the other architectural details. Drawing shows President Abraham Lincoln laying in state at the Illinois statehouse in Springfield, Ill., May 3-4,1865. (Source: Mark Johnson, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 2010)
Formerly misidentified as showing the casket in Washington, D.C.
Title devised.
Inscribed below images: Lincoln.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.150)
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
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Date
01/01/1865
Location
illinois
Source
Library of Congress
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