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The President’s Official Railroad Car in 1865: Four Months Later, It Was Used as Lincoln’s Funeral Car

Discover the story behind the President's official railroad car in 1865 and why it was used four months later as Abraham Lincoln's funeral car.
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View of the Center Market of Washington, D.C. from the north entrance of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, on October 16, 1909. There are horse-drawn carriages and carts, vendors, storefronts, and the Old Post Office is in background, center. In the foreground is the large wooden gate to the grounds of the Natural History Building and a small guard house next to it
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This is the President’s official railroad car in 1865, likely taken around January. Four months later, the car would be used as Lincoln’s funeral car.

Photograph shows the president's rail car at the Alexandria station. Photograph probably taken in Jan. The car was later used as Lincoln's funeral car.
Photograph shows the president’s rail car at the Alexandria station. Photograph probably taken in Jan. The car was later used as Lincoln’s funeral car.
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