"The following General Officers and Guard of Honor will accompany the remains of the late President from the city of Washington to Springfield, the capital of the State of Illinois, and continue with them until they are consigned to their final resting-place."

The order goes on to list the names of Generals Townsend, Thomas, Eaton, Barnard, Ramsay, Howe, McCallum, Hunter and Caldwell. It also calls for "Twenty-five picked men, under a Captain." Black bordered, in fine condition with slight creasing from folding.