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.

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

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 ...

Good Friday in 1865 would turn out to be one of President Abraham Lincoln's very best ... A week after Good Friday, a funeral train carried Lincoln's body along a circuitous 1,645-mile journey ...

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.