Drum from Abraham Lincoln's Funeral
name: label: associated person
content: Lincoln, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: Drum, drumsticks, and length of black crepe ribbon from Lincoln's funeral. The drum belonged to Maurice A. Graves, who served in Company I, Eighty-first New York Volunteers and later transferred to Company I, Veteran Reserve Corps stationed in Washington D.C. On the night of Lincoln’s assassination Graves, with this drum, first sounded the call to arms. He latter participated in the funeral events held in the capital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Funerals
label: general subject association
content: National Symbols
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Presidential History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Graves
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.41016
label: catalog number
content: 41016
label: accession number
content: 147790
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drum Used At Lincoln'S Funeral & Sticks & Crepe
label: Object Name
content: drum
label: Object Name
content: drum set
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, metal (overall material)