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The Lincoln funeral train : the final journey and national funeral for Abraham Lincoln /

Other Title:
Final journey and national funeral for Abraham Lincoln
Authors:
Trostel, Scott D.
Item ID:
71200908408071
Publisher:
Fletcher, Ohio : Cam-Tech Pub., 2002.
ISBN:
0925436216 (hardcover); 9780925436214 (hardcover); 0925436214 (softcover)
Call Number:
E457.52 .T78 2002
Physical Description:
224 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
Topic:
Presidents -- United States -- Death.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Funeral journey to Springfield.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial.
Note:
"The basis for this book comes from an article in the Piqua daily call ... dated April 29, 1865"--Pref.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212) and index.; The events of April 14 and 15, 1865 -- Planning the funeral train and the United States military railroads -- Washington-Baltimore-Harrisburg, April 21, 1865 -- Harrisburg-Philadelphia, April 22, 1865 -- Philadelphia-New York, April 24, 1865 -- New York-Albany, April 25, 1865 -- Albany-Syracuse-Buffalo, April 26-27, 1865 -- Buffalo-Erie-Cleveland, April 27-28, 1865 -- Cleveland-Columbus, April 28-29, 1865 -- Columbus-Richmond-Indianapolis, April 29-30, 1865 -- Indianapolis, April 30, 1865 -- Indianapolis-Michigan City-Chicago, May 1, 1865 -- Chicago-Bloomington-Springfield, May 2-3, 1865 -- A long journeys' end, May 4, 1865 -- The veteran reserve guard of escort accompanying Lincoln's body to Illinois -- Cities hosting official ceremonies enroute state and territorial governors who rode the train -- Railroads operated over -- Cars provided to the funeral train -- Identified locomotives and ferry boats used on the Lincoln funeral train -- Hotels and places enroute accommodating the funeral escort.
OCLC Number:
ocm49494981
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets