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 ...

An Abraham Lincoln historian who’s working on a documentary about the Great Emancipator’s Funeral Train will give a talk to the Calumet City Historical Society Sunday. Lincoln Special ...

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 ...

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 ...

February 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Railroad is celebrating Presidents Day with the unveiling of its newest commemorative locomotive honoring President Abraham Lincoln, who created ...