John Wilkes Booth Is Killed; Lincoln's Funeral -- Harper's Weekly, New York, May 13th, 1865

Quick Overview

The front page features a large print of Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as President. The balance of the front page is a lengthy biography of him.
There are several prints within relating to President Lincoln's funeral and the hunting and killing of John Wilkes Booth. Included are prints "Sergeant Boston Corbett," who shot Booth; two-thirds of a page "Planning the Capture of Booth and Harold," a dramatic half-page "Booth's Capture--The Assassin Brought to Bay" shows Booth with a rifle and crutch in a barn that is afire. Also, a nearly half page "Post-Mortem Examination of Booth's Body on Board the Monitor 'Montauk'."
There is a very nice double-page centerfold captioned "President Lincoln's Funeral--Procession in New York City." Another nearly half-page "President Lincoln's Funeral--Removal of the Body from the City Hall to the Funeral Car, New York" and a half-page "The Confederate Steam Ram 'Stonewall' Leaving Lisbon Harbor."