From the Richmond Whig, 4/20/1865

THE FUNERAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, late President of the United States, which took place in Washington yesterday, was recognized in Richmond by the suspension of all Government labor not absolutely necessary, the placing of all the flags at half mast throughout the city and upon the shipping. At noon twenty-one minute guns were fired by the war vessels in the harbor; and the roar of the guns as they reverberated through the city awoke in the minds of all the realization of the solemn event that was transpiring at the Capital of the Nation.

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