Memorial record of the nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln . mile. Thiscolumn was composed of persons of all ages and every rank oflife ; and the scene in the East Room, as these moving men,women, and children sobbed and wept aloud in their hasty pas-sage through the room, was affecting beyond the power of wordsto portray. The war-worn soldiers and officers were especiallymournful in their bearing. There were so many thousands unable to see the corpsethat it was determined to place the remains in state in theRotunda of the Capitol for a few days prior to their con-veyance to Springfield, Illin
Memorial record of the nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln . mile. Thiscolumn was composed of persons of all ages and every rank oflife ; and the scene in the East Room, as these moving men,women, and children sobbed and wept aloud in their hasty pas-sage through the room, was affecting beyond the power of wordsto portray. The war-worn soldiers and officers were especiallymournful in their bearing. There were so many thousands unable to see the corpsethat it was determined to place the remains in state in theRotunda of the Capitol for a few days prior to their con-veyance to Springfield, Illinois, and a catafalque similar to thatin the East Room was constructed for that purpose. The following officers representing the army and navy werecharged with the superintendence of the remains while lying instate : On the part of the army : Gen. Hitchcock, Gen. Easton,Capt. Penrose, Capt. Van Lear, and Lieut. Col. W. the part of the navy : Commander E. Stone, of the monitorMontauk ; Lieut. McNair, Lieut. A. B. Young, and Lieut. , FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE PRESIDENTSHOUSE. Sad and solemn was the scene which the East Room presented,and yet suggestive of hope and confidence. A dead ChiefMagistrate, who had fallen in the culmination of his wishes andexertions to restore to peace and joy a bleeding country ; aliving successor, who succeeded to high place for the administra-tion of Government and the enforcement of the obligations oflaw, surrounded by venerable Senators, an illustrious Council,and the Executive Head of each State of which the loyalUnion is composed. Treason may destroy a President, butconstitutional Government and Liberty still live. All that remained of Abraham Lincoln, the 16 th President ofthese United States, lay on the grand and gloomy catafalque,which was relieved, however, by choice flowers with which akind Providence blesses the world. Around, the apartmentwas made sepulchral by the habiliments of woe. The specta-tors of the sorrowfu
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