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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01423.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Congressional mourning ribbon |
| Date | 20 July 1865 |
| Author | Ordway, K.G. (fl. 1855-1865) |
| Document Type | Object |
| Content Description | Black ribbon with gold trim and fringes. There is a white rosette sewn on to the top with a gold sequence star and two sequence stars on the black part of the ribbon directly below the rosette. The entire ribbon is covered in black transparent silk. Originally accompanied by a letter from K.G. Ordway, the ribbon's designer and an inauguration day admission card for March 4 1865. |
| Subjects | Assassination Lincoln Assassination President Death Congress Government and Civics |
| People | Ordway, K.G. (fl. 1855-1865) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | K.G. Ordway to Orlando Kellogg explaning the accompanying congressional mourning ribbon Card admitting family of Orlando Kellog to Presidential inauguration |