Identifier: assassinationofatralinc (find matches)
Title: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Railroads Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Friends of The Lincoln Collection of Indiana, Inc.

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procession to the depot of the HudsonRiver Railroad on Twenty-ninth Street. It is estimated that125,000 persons have seen the face of the departed ChiefExecutive and that more than half a million have stood alongthe line of the procession.4:15 p.m. The train moves north out of New York City andalong the Hudson River past Fort Washington, Mount St. Vin-cent, Yonkers, Hastings, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown,Sing Sing, Montrose, and Peekskill.6:20 p.m. At Garrisons Landing, opposite West Point, the en-tire corps of cadets is lined up to pay its respects. The cadets allpass through the funeral car and salute the remains of their lateCommander-in-Chief.6.-55 p.m. The train reaches Fishkill, and then continues onthrough Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Staatsburg, Rhinebeck,Barrytown, Tivoli, Germantown, and Catskill.9:45 p.m. Thousands are assembled at Hudson. The train thenpasses through Stockport, Stuyvesant, and Castlcton. IO:55 lKm- At East Albany soldiers and three companies of fire- 1 1
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RALPH G. NEWMAN men bearing torches escort the funeral part\ across the river toAlbany, where the coffin is placed on a catafalque in the Assem-bly Chamber of the State Capitol. Wednesday, April 26 1:30 a.m. The coffin is opened and the people are permitted toview the body. They pass through at a rate of almost sevent\per minute, or more than four thousand per hour. 4:00 a.m. John Wilkes Booth is trapped on the farm of RichardGarrett in Virginia, and is shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett. j:oo a.m. Booth dies as a result of his wound. 4:00 p.m. The train carrying the remains leaves Albany. Inrapid succession it goes through Schenectady, Amsterdam, Fon-da, Palatine Bridge, Rome, Greens Corners, Verona, Oneida,Canastota, Chittenango, Kirkville, and Manlius.11:15 p.m. A brief stop is scheduled at Syracuse, where at least35,000 people witness the passage of the train. Guns fire salutesand bands play dirges. At midnight the train passes throughMemphis, and then on through Jordan, Wecdsport, P

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