The funeral train carrying the remains of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln passes through the Upper Mohawk Valley region on its 1,700-mile journey from Washington to Springfield, Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination ... During the weeks after Lincoln’s death, as his funeral train made a circuitous journey from Washington, D.C., back to his hometown of Springfield, Illinois ...

On April 21, 1865, the train carrying the coffin of President Abraham Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4.

Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) Vol. 9, No. 3, Oct., 1916 The Lincoln Funeral Train This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section.

The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of ...

Lincoln's funeral scene in Manhunt reveals ... According to Stanton, Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Lincoln, from an oncoming train, and thus, Booth has been close with the ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... before being transported by train to his gravesite in Springfield, Illinois. The funeral train stopped in many ...

The tradition, however, was largely altered back in 1865 during the funeral of President Abraham Lincoln. “It was the first time that the President's body was moved by train," Michael Shymanski ...

Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s funeral in 1865. Library ofCongress. Nichols also informed the nation’s armed forces of the succession of Andrew Johnson to the presidency. Nichols served as Chief of ...