THE OBSEQUIES: Removal of the Remains from Washington; The Reception of the Funeral Train at Baltimore and Harrisburgh (4/22/1865)

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21 -- 9:30 P.M. The remains of ABRAHAM LINCOLN have departed from Washington. All of the moral part that is left on earth is now on its way to its final resting place beneath the sod of his chosen State. The last tribute of honor that could be paid by the people of Washington, was tendered this morning in escorting the body from the capitol to the cars. All day yesterday, despite the rain, until 6 o'clock, thousands wended their way up the Capitol steps, into the grand rotunda, by the...
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