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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04219.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Orders regarding the 100th United States Colored Infantry's observance of Abraham Lincoln's funeral |
| Date | 19 April 1865 |
| Author | Stone, Henry (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | The first part of this document relates official orders issued by Thomas S. Sexton, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, based on the orders of Colonel Charles R. Thompson. Provides guidelines regarding activity during Lincoln's funeral, including the suspension of work, displaying flags at half mast, and firing of guns at all ports in which artillery exists. James T. Essex (possibly an assistant adjutant general) issues a statement for Lieutenant Colonel Henry Stone on the bottom half of the page. Stone relates that he will not issue an official order regarding the observance of Lincoln's funeral, believing that "The Natural feeling of every soldier will dictate to him the most becoming way of commemorating the sad event ... Their best friend -- the man who has done more than all others to raise them from Chattles to men -- from slavery to freedom -- has gone." Created in Smeedsville, the original name of Dickson, Tennessee. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History African American History African American Troops Union Forces President Assassination Lincoln Assassination Death American Flag Emancipation Proclamation |
| People | Essex, James T. (fl. 1865) Sexton, Thomas S. (fl. 1865) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stone, Henry (fl. 1865) Thomas, Charles R. (fl. 1864-1865) Herold, David E. (1844-1865) Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) Surratt, John H. (John Harrison) (1844-1916) Ross, William Wallace (1828-1889) |
| Place written | Dickson, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; The Presidency; Health & Medicine |
| 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 |
| Civil War: Unit | 100th United States Colored Infantry |