The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln shocked the country 150 years ago this past month. Coming just days after Lee's surrender to Grant, Lincoln's death plunged the nation into new ...

On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was infamously assassinated. Six days later, his body began its journey to Springfield, Illinois, from Washington to be buried. He was transported by train ...

With the 2015 sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's death approaching, interest in it is rising, and with new scientific tools, UA researchers have turned their attention to one of the last remaining ...

Former soldiers from around the country are working on a recreation of President Lincoln's funeral hearse, nearly 130 years after it was destroyed in a fire. The project is a labor of love for ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Just one black-and-white photo exists of the horse-drawn funeral coach used to carry Abraham Lincoln’s body in 1865 to its final resting place in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, ...

Historic train car destroyed by fire in early 1900s Minnesota man inherited window frame from train Professor has been working on replica of funeral train since 1990 PHOENIX -- The man from Minnesota ...

Actors will take the stage April 14 in Springfield, Ill., to perform a comedy that is remembered for its role in an American tragedy. One hundred fifty years to the day that President Lincoln was shot ...

On this day in 1865, a nine-car, garland-draped train carrying the coffin of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln left Washington on its way to Springfield, Ill., where the nation’s 16th president ...

A nine-car, garland-draped train carrying the coffin of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln left Washington on this day in 1865, headed toward Springfield, Illinois, where the nation’s 16th ...

If you died 200 years ago in America, your family would wash and dress your body and place it in a bed surrounded by candles to dampen the smell of decomposition. Your immediate family and friends ...