Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Scrap |
Catalog Number |
1995.016a |
Description |
Fragments: Two (2) pieces of mourning drapery. (a) First is black wool - 1.25" X 1". (b) Second is natural wool - 1" x 2.5". The pieces are in a crushed red cardboard box 2" x 3" (removed and in accession file). A paper label on the outside of the box reads: "Drapery hung in Jeff Davis' house by Union Soldiers in memory of Abraham Lincoln when Richmond Va was captured 1865". |
Event |
assassination of Abraham Lincoln, April 1865 |
Provenance |
Mourning drapery put in the Confederate White House by Union Soldiers to mourn the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. |
People |
Lincoln, Abraham |
Search Terms |
Confederate Executive Mansion Confederate White House Executive Mansion White House of the Confederacy assassination of Abraham Lincoln, April 1865 capture and occupation of Richmond, Virginia, 1865-1870 |
Subjects |
mourning Assassinations |