lincoln agreed to edwin stanton for the funeral train. here was a couple conditions, one no show be made of her son willie to the president, not be photographed. well, this hit the evening new york. stanton found out about it and he was furious. so he ordered all the prints and all the negatives of this photograph to be destroyed. this was located in 1952 by a 14 year old boy who was combing through the nicolay papers at the bollinger collection at the university of iowa. all right. this photograph came from louis stanton. so that's son gave it to john nicolay, who bundled it up in these papers. and they were eventually given to the university of iowa. so think about that. the man that ordered this destroyed couldn't bear to part with this cherished memento. so this is this is the only existing photograph that exists of president. now in new york, the new york herald estimated hundred and 50,000 people view the president, general john dix, who was essentially grand marshal of things while in new york city, estimated 100,000 people viewed t

to his credit, edwin's stanton said no, you will examine him. the doctors then examined him with the hardest questions they could come up with of them called it a squeezing process. and augusta passed with flying after the examination, the surgeon general went to the examining doctor and said, i say, cronin, how is it that you came to let the n-word pass? and dr. cronin replied, the truth is, sir, the n-word knew more than i did. i couldn't help myself. so augusta gets commissioned a major in the u.s. army. he is the highest ranking black officer, the civil war era. he his epaulets proudly as a symbol of his rank. but just because he is now an officer in the army does not mean will no longer face hurdles. at point, while traveling to philadelphia, he stops in baltimore and a crowd bloodied him up, punches him in the face, gives him a bloody nose, rips off his shoulder straps, giving him great insult. he gets the military authorities there and has those people arrested, though he will not stand for this. on another occasion, while traveling throu