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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Descendants of those who accompanied Lincoln’s coffin in 1865 join re-enactment in his hometown to the Old State Capitol, where he lay in state Hundreds of people, including many in period costume, ...

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 ...