Note: Please see Day 3 (October 11) of the sale that features rare material relating to the Gettysburg Address.

Framed relics from President Abraham Lincoln, handsomely matted and framed to 22 ¼ x 18 in. With a portrait, facsimile signature, and informational placard. Items include: 

1. Approx. 6 strands of Abraham Lincoln's hair. Approx. length 1/2 in. Tied with an approx. 2 in. red thread from Lincoln’s funeral train flag over an image of a black hair bundle. 

2. Fragment from Lincoln’s Funeral Train flag. Approx. 1/2 in. wide.  

This collection of framed relics consists of strands of Abraham Lincoln’s hair, along with a piece of the flag that hung from his funeral train. The funeral train traveled from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Illinois, in the spring of 1865 following Lincoln’s assassination. 

Note: This lot cannot be packaged and shipped in-house. Successful bidders winning items marked as being packaged and shipped by a third-party service are responsible for paying the third party directly. We are happy to offer complimentary drop-off service to local third-party packing/shipping companies in Columbus, Ohio.

[Abraham Lincoln, Politics, Mary Todd Lincoln, 1860 Election, Election of 1860, 1864 Election, Election of 1864, Lincoln Assassination, John Wilkes Booth] [Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Relics, Militaria]