Charles E. Fitz-Gerald

The Man Who Last Saw Abraham Lincoln
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Classic Article | The Man Who Last Saw Abraham Lincoln

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater occurred on April 15, 1865. This somewhat gruesome though historically important story concerns the final chapter in the tragedy — 36 years later. The last time Fleetwood Lindley went to Oak Ridge Cemetery, he stayed. The funeral procession filed out of Springfield, in through the cemetery gates, […]