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The temporary vault stood on the brow of the hill about fifty yards northeast of the monument. It held the bodies of President Abraham Lincoln and his sons Edward and William from December 1865 until September 1871, when they were moved to the partially completed tomb. The vault was removed late in the autumn of 1871, and the site where it had stood was graded down about fifteen feet.
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Springfield, Illinois · United States
