Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

officers. the field and staff of the zouaves and
other distinguished persons being present the
solemn funeral service of the Episcopal Church
was read by Rev. DIR. Pyne, attended by Drs.
Butler and Marshall and Chaplain Dodge of
the Zouaves. DR.. Pyne made some very i'm
pressive remarks on the subject of the sudden
death and manly character of the deceased
soldier
THE services having been concluded, the
body was conveyed to the hearse, drawn by
four white horses.
Corp. Brownell the Zouave who avenged the
death of his commander, attracted much at
tention as he walked in line bearing the cap
tured secession banner, bathed with the coll
onel's blood"
THE White House was to have but little rest
from funerals for before the lapse of an
other year the Presidents second oldest son,
William Wallace Lincoln, also died, from
typhoid fever, on February 20, 1862. Very
little is printed about this lad and few publi-
cations, such as we might expect carry even
the date of his DEATH
1t might be that the President for military
reasons wished little to be said of it, or it may
have been crowded out by important news from
the Army. but whatever the cause, The Star
carried only the following editorial on the day
after the death of the Presidents son:
Death of Willie Lincoln.-The public re-
JolctngS at the recent successes of the Union
Armies will be clouded by the intelligence of
the death of the second son of the President
and the country will sympathiz with the be-
reaved parents in such a heavy aff1iction
Willie Lincoln was boy of unusual intelli-
gence. and was a favorite with all who visited
the White House. Some weeks since he was
taken sick with an intermittent fever which
soon assumed a typhoid character, and since
that time the little sufferer has been gradually
sinking Much of the time his mind has been
wandering, and only those parents who have
seen beloved child prey to fever and de-
lirium can imagine the anguish of the father
and mother as they watched the progress of
the disease, without the power to alleviate his
suderings. His condition has been very critical
for more than a week. and last Monday his
condition was considered almost hopeless
Since Wednesday he has sunk rapidly, and
yesterday it was seen that he was dying. He
fingered until o'clock In the afternoon, when
his spirit was released
'Drs. Stone and Hall have attended the de=
ceased and his young brother since their Illness
The latter Is yet i'll, but it is hoped not dam
gerously so. The President has, with Mrs
Lincoln, watched by the side of the suffering
children for 10 days past, and IN all that time
has had scarcely any rest, as in the midst of
his domestic af1liction the cares of state were
pressing upon him.
willie was a fne-looking boy, and his in
telligence and vivacity made him a favorite
tendant at Sabbath school at DR.. Gurley'S
church, and the last day he was present there
told his tutor that when he attained to man
hood he wanted to be school teacher or a
preacher of the gospel. His exercises in literary
composition were very creditable for q youth
of his age, and he seemed to take great pride
in them"
Evidently embalming then was not so gen.
eral as it is today, for we read in The Star OF
February %, 1862, this statement:
Little Willie Lincoln.-It will be a source
of qualification to the friends Of the President
to learn that the remains of the little favorite
of the White House have been embalmed by
DrS. Brown and Alexander, assisted by DR..
Charles A. Wood and in presence of the family
physicians, Drs. Hall and Stone, Senator
Browning, Isaac Newton. esq, and others. The
embalmment was complete success and gave
great satisfaction to all present. The body
will be deposited in a vault on next Monday,
and will be eventually removed to Illinois, to
be deposited in the family burying ground OF
the President"
FOLLOWING this, three years later, came
the assassination and burial of the Presi-
dent himBelf, which threw the whole Nation