. L'assassinio di Abraham Lincoln . costruzione, più tardi ricordò che wasdivied in tre companments. Iz, salotto, salotto e stato n-oni.The quest'ultimo essendo il centro della macchina .... Lincoln apparentemente non aveva urgciii de-sire di prendere possesso del suo ornaiccoach. I documenti della U. S. Militar> |Railroad Yard ad Alessandria non rifilano alcuna visita da parte del presidente a in-spect la macchina dopo il suo completamento. CER-Tainly non ha fatto mai alcun viaggio nel thecar prima del suo assassinio il 15 aprile di quell'anno, i il tempo e la natura di Lincolnsndeath cospirò per fare il suo funerale oneof
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. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln . construction, later recalled it wasdivided into three companments. iz, drawing-room, parlor and state n-oni.the latter being the center of the car....Lincoln apparently had no urgciii de-sire to take possession of his ornaiccoach. The records of the U. S. Militar> |Railroad yard in Alexandria do not re-flect any visit by the president to in-spect the car after its completion. Cer-tainly he never made any journey in thecar before his assassination on April 15of that year, i The timing and nature of Lincolnsdeath conspired to make his funeral oneof the grandest events of its kind inAmerican history. His body would besent to Springfield on a special train. Itwould follow in reverse the same routePresident-elect Lincoln had (raveled toreach Washington in 1861. U.S. Military Railroad mechanicSergeant Myron H. Lamson oversawthe transformation of the presidentialpassenger car into a presidential funeralcar. He and his workers built a cata- i CIVIL WAR TIMES ILLUSTRATED - March/April 1995. falque inside the car to tioid Lincolnscoffin. They removed the ornate brassrailing from one end of the car and in-stalled a roller to help load and unloadthe casket. While Lamson and his crewfocused on functional alterations to thecar, another group decorated it for theoccasion. It was decked with black satindraping, silver fringe, and tassels. During the funeral ride, Lincolnsbody shared the car with a special hon-or guard and with the coffin of littleWillie Lincoln, who had died on Febru-ary 20, 1862. Willie had been enclosedm the family tomb of William Carroll, clerk of the Supreme Court, in Oak HillCemetery in Georgetown. It seemed ap-propriate that the son should go hometo Illinois with his father, so his casketwas disinterred for the trip. Preceded by a special pilot engine tomake sure the track was clear, the trainleft Washington at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, April 21, carrying friends and a largegroup of dignitaries. The presidents el-dest son,
