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Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Funeral rites and ceremonies Hearses (Vehicles) Railroad cars Railroad trains
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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he rebuilding of the shops of the Union Pacific railway at Omaha hasbrought to light this relic of wartimes, arourid which cling the memoriesof the martyr president In 1864 the government built the car to beused by the president It was most made use of In his visits to theArmy of the Potomac. The car was built at the United States militarycarshopa at Alexandri?i, Va. It Is 42 feet long and 8% feet wide and isdivided Into three compartments. It Is Ironclad, armbr being set In be-tween the inner and outer walls, rendering It bullet proof. The car wasused to convey the remains of Mr. Lincoln for Interment at Springfield, 111.At the close of the war the government auctioned off a great deal of lt»railway material, and the Lincoln car was sold to Sidney Dillon, the pres-ident of the Union Pacific, and T. C. Durant who removed It to Omaha.A shed was built for the car. and a man was engaged to watch and car«Jar »^ T;i^)jifeEv^alM.Tl^.M?.l^ilJfeS& °i^ ^^^^ ;-**■ li^ V -xi> mi^v %
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