Earlier in the day Lincoln had signed into law the bill that would create the Secret Service. Visitors can enter the theater and view the box where Lincoln sat. It is outfitted to replicate the one in which he was seated on that fatal night. A museum is located within the complex that interprets the times and maintains the legacy of Lincoln.
Free timed tickets are mandatory. It was determined that Lincoln could not withstand the ride back to the White House and so he was carried directly across the street from the three story brick Peterson House, 10th Street. The first floor is open for a self-guided tour of the parlor in which Mary waited and the back bedroom where Lincoln died at AM on the 15th. He was years and days old. At 11 AM, six physicians performed an autopsy in a second floor guestroom.
Mary Lincoln sent a note requesting that she be given a lock of his hair. The body was embalmed, a new procedure at the time, and dressed in the suit he wore at his second inauguration. He was then placed in a mahogany, lead-lined coffin, with handles on each side, silver braids and white satin lining. His head rested on a white silk pillow. On April 18th scores of people came to view the president as he lay in state. It is still possible to tour the White House, but tickets must be reserved in advance.
The current second floor Lincoln Bedroom functioned as his office during his tenure. Virtual tours are also accessible online. On April 19th, the official White House funeral was held at PM and then the body was carried to the Capitol rotunda for a private service in a hearse pulled by six white horses. On the 20th, there was a public viewing. Tours of the Capitol are given Monday- Saturday. Mary Lincoln decided that her husband should be buried in Springfield, Illinois but she did not accompany the body, attend his services or even leave her room because of her overwhelming grief.
His body, along with that of their son Willie, was taken on the 21st to the train station to begin the day journey. A special funeral train would pass nearly cities, towns and villages employing nearly 50 locomotives. A portrait of Lincoln was placed on the front of the train. The coffins were situated in a ft.
It was magnificent and was pulled by eight black horses and accompanied by 11 regiments of soldiers. The route was specifically planned to afford the maximum number of people a view of the procession. Red, white and blue lights greeted the funeral cortege as it arrived at 8 PM and was received by Union League members.
The coffin was placed in the Assembly Room where the Declaration of Independence had been signed and the Liberty Bell was positioned nearby. People had begun lining up at 5 AM on the 22nd. They were given special passes and were allowed to view from 10 PM to 1 AM. Regular admissions began at 5 AM on the 23rd and by that time the line stretched miles from Independence Hall to the Schuylkill River.
Though the line was kept moving the wait averaged five hours for the estimated , mourners. At AM, the body was removed from Independence Hall and, still accompanied by a throng of mourners, taken to the Kensington Station. The bronze figure of a seated Lincoln was created by Randolph Rogers and placed on a traffic island near the entrance to the park.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the event in grand fashion, including all the speeches and names of the dignitaries in a full page story in its Saturday, 23 September edition:. The people of Philadelphia yesterday were awakened from the chronic condition of staidness, which is said to mark their existence, to a state of mind and action almost exceptional in their history.
The city has never been noted for her testimonials to the memory of the dead. The old worthies who have made her history illustrious are not, as elsewhere, remembered to the resembling marble and fame upon a score of shafts. The people of the present day, that is, the mass of people, know scarcely anything of the lives of the fathers of the Republic save what they have meagerly gleaned in their younger days by the chance study of some school history. But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say, in advance, that there will be no bloodshed unless it be forced upon the Government, and then it will be compelled to act in self-defense. Lincoln turned to go to the platform outside on Chestnut Street, raised the star flag and left for Washington, D. Before he arrived, Texas had voted to approve secession. Five weeks after his inauguration, Southern forces bombarded and captured Fort Sumter.
The Civil War was underway. Lincoln visited Philadelphia one more time—to support fundraising efforts for Army Hospitals in June, Close Menu PhillyHistory. Historic Sites. Events and People.
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