He noticed that people poured in from the surrounding countryside and
many flags flew at half-mast. "Before ten we were in the saddle and assembled
at the public square for the grand military and civic procession. Mr. Lincoln
was mounted upon a young and beautiful chestnut bay horse ... and his towering
figure surmounted by a high silk hat made the rest of us look small."Lincoln Square
On the morning of the cemetery dedication people filled the town square
outside the Wills House. Henry Clay Cochrane recalled November 19 as "a beautiful
Indian summer day."
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