1865, May 4 - Outside Springfield, Illinois, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was laid to rest in Oak Ridge Cemetery

Behind the hearse was Lincoln's horse, "Old Bob", dressed smartly in mourning with a black blanket covering him. The horse had been used by Lincoln as he rode the law circuit in that part of Illinois, and had served Lincoln for more than ten years through the Illinois countryside.

Abraham Lincoln: 150 years later, hundreds retrace funeral procession | US news | The Guardian

Descendants of those who accompanied Lincoln’s coffin in 1865 join re-enactment in his hometown to the Old State Capitol, where he lay in state

Associated Press in Springfield, Illinois

Saturday 2 May 2015 

Hundreds of people, including many in period costume, retraced the steps of Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession on Saturday to kick off a weekend of events to meticulously re-enact the assassinated president’s final journey home, on the 150th anniversary of his burial.

Ranks of soldiers in Union blues and pallbearers, including several direct descendants of those who accompanied Lincoln’s coffin in 1865, walked from Springfield’s train station to the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln lay in state.

Drums pounded out a funeral march, costumed re-enactors sang the Star-Spangled Banner, and a man in a top hat with a black mourning sash trailing from it placed flowers on the replica coffin.

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