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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

We watched the display developing early in the week and when the Lincoln funeral train was ready for VIP visitors Oct. 7, we were there to take pictures and gawk at the fine workmanship of that big ...

The Lincoln Funeral Train, pictured here, traveled through Hancock County on this date in 1865. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train entered Hancock County at Charlottesville, continuing ...