The Lincoln Funeral; presented by Scott Trostel author of THE LINCOLN FUNERAL TRAIN: The Final Journey and National Funeral for Abraham Lincoln.
Scott's program about The Lincoln Funeral Train recounts the sad journey from Washington, D. C. to Springfield, Illinois in 1865. One-third of the population of the United States witnessed passage of the train between April 21 and May 2, 1865. The program recounts state stops at the cities of Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, including the near-riot, New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago with burial in Springfield, Illinois Incidents along the route are recounted, such as meal stops by the funeral train and reactions of the crowds at trackside as the train passed by. Specific to Ohio, the train made State funeral stops at Cleveland and Columbus en route to Springfield. They funeral train changed locomotives at Piqua. The Co-chairman of the funeral train was Ohio Governor, John Brough from Cleveland. The graphics for this program were recently presented at the Lincoln Assassination Conference by the Surratt Society in Washington, D. C.