Thousands of people filed past Lincoln's body in New York's City Hall.
After arriving at New York's City Hall on April 24, 1865, a team of embalmers traveling with body prepared it for another public viewing.
Military officers, in two-hour shifts, formed an honor guard. The public was allowed into the building to view the body from early afternoon until noon on the next day, April 25, 1865.
After arriving at New York's City Hall on April 24, 1865, a team of embalmers traveling with body prepared it for another public viewing.
Military officers, in two-hour shifts, formed an honor guard. The public was allowed into the building to view the body from early afternoon until noon on the next day, April 25, 1865.