Abraham Lincoln Funeral Flags & Prints

"Departure of the Remains" Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, NYC. This print was originally on page 150 of the Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of NewYork, published in 1866 by the Common Council of the City of New York. It is a view of the Lincoln funeral train.

37 Star U.S. Flag laid upon President Lincoln's casket in Philadelphia, PA 1865. On April of 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by Southern sympathizer in revenge for the Northern triumph over the South. A shocked and stunned country embraced their martyred President as never before.

This print was originally on page 148 of Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York, published in 1866 by the Common Council of the City of New York. It is a view of the Lincoln funeral procession as it passed a 5th Avenue hotel in New York City.

35 Star U.S. Flag from Erie Rail Road Depot, Jersey City, N.J. - Largest surviving Civil War era Flag. This huge flag flew over the Erie Railroad's central depot in Jersey City, New Jersey, during the Civil War; which was a central departure point for thousands of troops. It is thought to be the largest surviving Civil War flag extant.

37 Star U.S. Flag - President Abraham Lincoln Memorial, NYC 1865. This 37 star U.S. flag was the property of Andrew Shinnick, son of C.T. Black, grandson of General Norton of the Union Army who was wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia in 1864. This flag it is believed to be associated with President's Lincoln Memorial, 1865.

"Arrival of the Remains at Desbrosses Street Ferry" Print - Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, NYC. The print portrays the events of the morning of the 24th, when Lincoln's coffin was taken across the Hudson River by ferry.

"Dome of City Hall, Scene at Midnight" Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, NYC. This image was originally published on page 128 of the Obsequies of NY, (1866) by the Common Council of the City of New York. It is believed to be a faithful depiction of the events of Midnight on Monday the 24th of April 1865.

34 Star Grand Luminary Flag used in President Lincoln's Funeral. After his assassination a funeral cortege by railroad was planned. At each stop his body would lay in state so that the nation might mourn its fallen martyr. This flag was flying when Lincoln's funeral train arrived at Albany on the tracks of the NY Central Railroad.

"View of the Catafalque in Front of City Hall" Print, Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, NYC. It is an accurate depiction of the grand catafalque bearing the coffin of slain President Abraham Lincoln's in New York City just prior to the funeral procession.

35-Star U.S. Lincoln Mourning Flag, Boston, 1865. "This flag was flown from the front porch of my husband's maternal grandfather's house in Boston in 1865, to celebrate the end of the Civil War. It was flying there the day President Lincoln was assassinated." - Bernice Best.

"View of City Hall" Print - Obsequies of Abraham Lincoln, in the City of New York. The volume, from which this print derives, was a printed record of the city's Lincoln funeral services and eulogies published in bound volumes for distribution by the Common Council of New York.

36 Star U.S. "Grand Luminary" - President Abraham Lincoln Mourning Flag. This 36 star grand luminary flags history is rich; it was used as a mourning flag after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It was formerly part of the acclaimed collection of noted antique dealer Mr. Boleslaw Mastai and his wife Marie-Louise d'Otrange Mastai.