The Journey Home
Charles Magnus
The 25th of April 1865 in New York
Hand-colored wood engraving
Prints & Photographs Division (49.9)
Digital ID# ppmsca-12377
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Lincoln would not return to his adopted home of Springfield, Illinois,
until his funeral cortege retraced the journey he had made as president-elect
five years earlier. The cortege traveled 1,662 miles in fourteen
days by train through Philadelphia, New York, Cleveland, Chicago,
and finally to Springfield. During the funeral train's slow journey
more than 7,000,000 saw Lincoln's coffin and more than 1,500,000
viewed his body. In this engraving, printmaker and publisher Charles
Magnus captured the solemnity of April 25, 1865, as the Lincoln's
funeral procession approached New York's City Hall.
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