Transport to White House

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I know that somewhere on this forum (over the past 3-4 months) there has been some discussion as to how Lincoln's body was transported from the Petersen House to the White House on April 15, but I sure can't find those postings.

That said, my aide at Surratt House, Joan Chaconas, returned from the Lincoln Forum and Gettysburg and told me that the new Gettysburg Heritage Center that is being created in what used to be the wax museum has "the original hearse that carried Lincoln's body to the White House." It is on loan to the museum for two years she said. The museum is still a work in process, so she had a difficult time getting close to the hearse and reading the text panel.

From what she could gather, the hearse spent many years stored in a chicken coop somewhere, but was in good shape when finally rescued. There is a photo of it on the Gettysburg Heritage Center website, but I could not find the provenance on it anywhere. She doesn't know who owns it now, where it resides normally, whether it will go to another museum, etc.

Did anyone else visit this new museum while in Gettysburg?