Lincoln and Taney

[STS Lincolnite]

(02-04-2015 08:23 PM)L Verge Wrote:  Despite his long service to his country, I don't believe that Lincoln recognized his death. I know he did not attend his funeral. Only Attorney General Bates attended.

True, Lincoln made no public statement regarding Taney's death. However, it has been documented that Lincoln along with Seward, Bates and Postmaster General Dennison attended a memorial/funeral service for Taney at his home on Indiana Avenue in Washington, DC at about 6 a.m. on the morning of 15 October 1865. Lincoln was among those who participated in a procession accompanying the deceased Taney from his Indiana Avenue home to the railroad station. Only Bates attended the funeral and burial held in Frederick, MD. An excerpt from Bates' diary: “The Prest. Sec.y Seward and the P.M. Genl. Gov Denison, attended the body, from the dwelling to the cars.” He added about the Frederick funeral and burial: “Mass was sung in the Jesuits’ church at Fredk. And I saw his body placed in the grave (beside his mother, as he had ordered) in the old church yard there.”