Procession of President Jefferson Davis's coffin in horse-drawn wagon as the funeral procession for Jefferson Davis winds through the New Orleans French Quarter on December 11, 1889. An estimated 200,000 people lined the streets. Davis died early on December 6, and over 70,000 people viewed his remains at New Orleans City Hall. The body was laid to rest in a vault in Metairie Cemetery, then was taken to Richmond in 1893 and re-interred at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA.
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