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 ...

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 ...