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On
May 3, 1865 an estimated 125,000 people paid their last respects to
the President as he lay-in-state at the Chicago Court House. From
Chicago, the funeral train departed for Springfield, Lincoln's final
resting place.
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President
Lincoln's Funeral, Chicago, engraving
from Harper's Weekly, May 20, 1865
Click
image to enlarge.
Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society
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Image 48 of 49

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