Lincoln Funeral Train, The.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leavy, Michael.

Series:

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war--Africa--Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2023.

Summary:

The effective end of the American Civil War on April 9, 1865, had hardly sunk in when, only five days later, another disaster stunned the battered and bloodied nation. On the night of April 9, Pres. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. There would be time for vengeful thoughts later, but first the Great Emancipator was going to get a royal send-off. At the center of what would become a three-week national funeral was a spectacular train that would carry Lincoln's remains, and those of his deceased son, from Washington, DC, to Springfield, Illinois. "The Lincoln Special" steamed slowly out of spring mists, allowing thousands of mourners lining the tracks a lingering view. It was a logistics miracle; a romantic pageant of sorrow and wonder, carried off flawlessly. Through the tears, however, was a sense that America's identity had turned a corner and was about to enter a dynamic and hopeful future. Author of nine books, Michael Leavy is an avid Civil War and railroad historian. Leavy has searched through archives to locate rare photographs and new details and dispel some lingering myths surrounding this tragic but formative American event.

Contents:

Cover Page

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. That Horrible Dawn

2. Chugging North by Northwest

3. Darkly West

4. Weeping beside the Ruin

5. Return to the Wilderness

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439677605

1439677603

OCLC:

1417178658