Rev. Dr. Phineas D. Gurley conducts simple funeral service for Willie Lincoln at 2 P.M. in East Room while body remains in adjoining Green Parlor. Large crowd includes cabinet officers, foreign ministers, members of Congress, and citizens in general. National Intelligencer, 25 February 1862; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 24 February 1862, 2d ed., 3:5; National Republican (Washington, DC), 25 February 1862, 2:1.

Robert Lincoln, and Senators Orville H. Browning (Ill.) and Lyman Trumbull (Ill.) accompany President to Oak Hill Cemetery, R and Washington Streets, Georgetown, where body of Willie is placed in William T. Carroll's vault. Browning, Diary.

Government departments closed because of funeral service for Willie Lincoln. National Republican (Washington, DC), 24 February 1862, 2:6; Evening Star (Washington, DC), 24 February 1862, 2d ed., 2:1.

U.S. Supreme Court also adjourns for the day, out of respect for the President's grief. Evening Star (Washington, DC), 25 February 1862, 3:5.

Tad Lincoln is "decidedly better." Evening Star (Washington, DC), 24 February 1862, 2d ed., 2:1.