Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: His Life, Public Services, Death, and Great Funeral Cortege; With a History and Description of the National Lincoln Monument For several weeks after the remains were deposited in the public vault of the cemetery, -ropes were ex tended ih front of it, and a guard Of soldiers kept there day and' night. This was done more as a mark Of honor and respect, than from any fear that his tomb would be desecrated. Figure no. 2 was engraved from a photograph taken during that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.