War Department orders for the funeral train
It was reported that just before midnight on April 26, 1865 President Lincoln’s funeral cortege arrived in Syracuse, New York. 35,000 people were waiting in the rain to pay their respects with bells, fires, and cannon as the train chugged through town.
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in April 1865:
THE FUNERAL TRAIN AT SYRACUSE. – The funeral train bearing the remains of President Lincoln, arrived at Syracuse at 11:1[?] on Wednesday night. An immense crowd were in the streets witnessing the train as it passed through the city. Bells were tolled and minute guns fired.
Apparently the train arrived at 11:50 PM. From The New-York Times April 27, 1865:
SYRACUSE, Wednesday, April 26. The funeral cortege arrived at Syracuse at 11:50 o’clock. Thus far no accident has occurred. Although it is raining, there are at least thirty-five thousand people witnessing the passage of the train at this place. The firemen are drawn up in line, and their torches and the numerous bonfires light up the scene solemnly.Bells are tolling, and cannons booming.
at Syracuse with bells, bonfires, and minute guns
New York railroads, 1861
