One hundred sixty years ago this week, the nation was in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Six days later, his body began its journey to Springfield, Illinois ... making the funeral procession of Lincoln’s body on a train greatly fitting as well as impactful. Not only did these ...

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, perhaps a million Americans filed ...

Abraham Lincoln's funeral train traveled through Ohio, including Champaign County, in late April 1865, making stops at many small towns on its way to Springfield, Illinois.

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Illinois. The funeral train stopped in many cities along the way, where memorials were attended by hundreds of thousands of mourners. Lincoln's death at a time when the nation needed him most ...

Lincoln had previously ... a repeat visit and a full state “funeral train” would pass by the Queen City on the Lake to return the President’s remains to Illinois. By day’s end, the ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

Tuesday marked the 160th anniversary of a somber day, as the funeral train taking fallen President Abraham Lincoln from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, passed through Champaign ...