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The Daily Dispatch: may 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Gen. Dix's brigade, will be mustered into the United States service. The ceremony will take place in Fourteenth street. A letter from Washington to the Press says Mrs. Lincoln and her sister visited the Navy-Yard to-day, where the body of the deceased soldier was lying in state, and placed a beautiful bouquet upon the remains. It is understood that private Secretary is preparing an obituary notice for the newspaper press. The body of Col. Ellsworth was opened and embalmed by Dr. Holmes, the inventor of the patent embalming process.--The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon. The ceremonies will be of an im posing nature. The public buildings, the Navy-Yard, the city engine-houses, and many other buildings, are draped in mourning. Funeral of Col. Ellsworth. The funeral cortege conveying the remains of Col. Ellsworth to the depot, moved at 10 o'clock this morning, and reached the depot about 1.40 P. M., having moved very slowly through the city.