GREENFIELD — Being a bit of a history buff, Charlie Vetters couldn’t pass up the opportunity to commemorate the anniversary of the day President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passed through ...

One of two flags that flew from the locomotive of the Lincoln funeral train on the route between Albany and Utica, New York On April 19, 1865, an estimated 25 million Americans attended memorial ...

LINCOLN - The 114th Illinois Voluntary Infantry of Springfield marched with precision in front of the casket carrying the body of Abraham Lincoln. A replica casket made of black wood with chrome ...

One hundred fifty years ago the American Civil War had just ended and our nation was mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln. Events are planned this week in Columbia County to mark the anniversary of ...

OWASCO | There were not enough chairs to seat all the people who came to hear Cayuga Community College professor John Lamphere speak about President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train and legacy Saturday ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- It appears a re-creation of President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train will not take its voyage after all. Organizers were unable to raise the $250,000 needed for the trip ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At Abraham Lincoln's death, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton declared, "Now he belongs to the ages," but the meticulous, 150th anniversary funeral procession his hometown ...

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and a future president of the United States, and David G. Farragut, the Navy’s first admiral, were among the pallbearers who ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Drum, drumsticks, and length of black ...

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MICHIGAN CITY — Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train stopped in Michigan City on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where the nation’s 16th president was laid to rest. Now, the potential for condominiums to ...