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(Friday, April 21, 1865, 8:00 a.m. local time; during the American Civil War) — The remains U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and his deceased son, William Wallace Lincoln, left Washington, D.C., today for the 1,654 mile journey to Springfield, Illinois, for burial.

Video: 'The 2015 Lincoln Funeral Train Project'

The train would retrace the route Lincoln had traveled to Washington as the president-elect on his way to his first inauguration with several stops along the way. The first stop was Baltimore, Maryland, before stopping overnight in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.