(Author’s Note: This post is the latest in a series I began on April 14, 2010 documenting the assassination and death of Abraham Lincoln. Thirteen cities held massive funerals for…

(Author’s Note: This year marks the 145th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln at the hands of John Wilkes Booth, on April 15, 1865. Thirteen American cities staged funerals…

(Author’s Note: For the past 15 days, I have been relating the story of the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and his Funeral Train. On April 29, 1865 the city…

(Author’s Note: For the past 15 days, I have been relating the story of the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and his Funeral Train. On April 29, 1865 the city…

(Author’s Note: For the past sixteen days, I’ve been running a series of posts in commemoration of the 145th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1865. The…

(Author’s Note: This post continues the series I’ve been writing since April 14, 2010, marking the 145th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination and Funeral Train journey from Washington to Springfield.…

(Author’s Note: For the past sixteen days, I’ve been running a series of posts in commemoration of the 145th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, April 14, 1865. The…

(Author’s Note: This post continues the series I’ve been writing since April 14, 2010, marking the 145th anniversary of the Lincoln assassination and Funeral Train journey from Washington to Springfield.…

(Author’s Note: On May 3, 1865, the Funeral Train of Abraham Lincoln was nearing its final destination of Springfield, Illinois. It had covered almost 1,700 miles on its journey from…

(Author’s Note: More than two weeks ago, I began a series on this blog dedicated to Abraham Lincoln, in commemoration of his assassination and ensuing funerals which occurred 145 years…