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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1865)

Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection · leaf 26

An illustration from The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, 1865, leaf 26
llmans to run on a New YorkCentral track. The front of the engine bore a por-trait of the martyred President. Atsight of the picture and the drapedlocomotive, throngs along the trackdrew back. Some waved 6mall flags.Others wept openly. When the trainhad passed they stepped to the trackand watched… … George W. Wrightson (right) believes he is the last of engineers whopiloted Lincolns funeral train over the route shown in map. Lincoln isshown as he appeared when president. REDLANDS, Cal. —(A.P.) —Shrouded in black bunting anddraped with American flags, a sabletrain rolled slowly over the NewYork…

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 · Locomotives · Railroad conductors · Locomotive engineers · Trainmen · Railroads · Funeral rites and ceremonies

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