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File Details: AMMBm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 20.4 Mb
| Credit: | unknown photographer |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1865.04 |
| Equipment: | bell |
| Locations & Lines: | Cleveland Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad (CC&C); Cleveland OH; Ohio |
| Persons: | Lincoln (Abraham) |
| Structures & Establishments: | CC&C Station – Cleveland, OH |
| Transports: | CC&C locomotive Nashville (15) |
| Sources: | Chrysler Museum of Art; Library of Congress |
Library of Congress says: Engine “Nashville” of the Lincoln funeral train. Photo shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad engine, with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln mounted on the front. The engine was one of several used to carry Lincoln’s body from Washington, D.C., to Springfield, Ill.
Abdill, Civil War Railroads, p191: The NASHVILLE of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad stands in front of the wooden frame station, ready to handle the Lincoln funeral train. The group of uncovered men around the old Cuyahoga eight-wheeler are probably the operating officials of the road.