Funeral March for Abraham Lincoln J.G. Barnard 1865

This funeral march written by John Gross Barnard was performed by the United States Marine Band during the funeral procession from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol for Abraham Lincoln on April 19, 1865. Arranged by Jari Villanueva for Wind Band. Purchase here: #!/Funeral-March-for-Abraham-Lincoln-1865/p/47510614 April 19, 1865 was a warm cloudless day in Washington DC as the funeral of Abraham Lincoln took place in the East Room of the Executive Mansion. This was to be the third of sad services held there since the beginning of the Lincoln administration. The first, in 1861, memorialized 24-year-old Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of the family who was killed at the beginning of the war in Alexandria, Virginia. The second, in 1862, was a particularly heart-breaking service for the president’s 11-year-old son Willie. At noon 600 specially invited guests were present for the service and listened to Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, pastor of the New York Avenue