Wayne C. "Doc" Temple, the indefatigable Abraham Lincoln scholar who wrote more than 20 books and hundreds of articles and ...

On April 21, 1865, the train carrying the coffin of President Abraham Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4.

Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s funeral in 1865. Library ofCongress. Nichols also informed the nation’s armed forces of the succession of Andrew Johnson to the presidency. Nichols served as Chief of ...

The Feb. 16, 1861, visit was while Lincoln was enroute to his first inauguration and while the nation was on the brink of civil war.