At 6:00pm the casket was returned to the train. The funeral train was moved west of Union Depot where it was viewed throughout the day. The casket was carried to the Ohio State House in a hearse drawn by six horses. journey as passengers of the Underground Railroad here while others. Along the way the train would typically travel at night with the Lincoln body placed on display during the daylight hours.Īt midnight on April 29 the special train left Cleveland on the Cleveland Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad arriving at Columbus Union Depot at 7:30am. of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Franklin County Genealogical Society. Lincoln’s remains and the remains of his son Willie, having died in 1862, started the long train journey home to Springfield, ILL. Castle sits above 3ft waterfall overlooking the village below at Columbus Metropolitan Library. On April 21, after memorial services in Washington D.C. And one of the most popular seasonal attractions at the Main Library is the Huntington Holiday Train. Bring your entire family to see the display with its trains, tracks, waterfall, tunnels, bridges, mini homes and castle. The shock and trauma of losing the President after four years of war with 600,000 dead must have been tremendous. Grant at Appomattox Court House, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. 8 at the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 S.
Lee surrendered his Confederate Army to Union General Ulysses S. The Huntington Holiday Train and Weasel Burrow continue through Jan. ApApril 14, 1865, just five days after General Robert E.
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