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 ...

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 ...

One hundred sixty years ago this week, the nation was in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On April 21, 1865, the president’s body began its journey from the capital to his ...

BLOOMINGTON — When the Lincoln funeral train passed through Bloomington at 5 a.m. May 3, 1865, "the depot was handsomely dressed in mourning, and about 5,000 persons were assembled to testify their ...

While I agree that local Northwest Indiana businesses will benefit from housing the Lincoln funeral train here, I firmly believe it should be a national treasure vs. a local sightseeing stop.

His funeral train traveled more than 1,600 miles, passing through seven states and 180 cities after leaving Washington. The train stopped April 27, 1865, in Batavia. On May 4, he was finally laid to ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD — Even though the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death is two years away, two Illinois-based nonprofits already are planning a commemoration of his trip back to Springfield for ...

SPRINGFIELD — It took the Lincoln funeral train 12 days to journey from Washington, D.C., to Springfield in 1865, passing through seven states and 180 cities, including Bloomington. But it's taken six ...

The funeral train of President Abraham Lincoln rests under a decorative archway at the Monon Station in Michigan City on May 1, 1865. Along with several major cities, Michigan City was one of the ...