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Time Table for the Special Train, Chicago to Springfield
Photographer: the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company, via the Library of Congress
Taken: May 2, 1865
Caption: Time Table for the Special Train, Chicago to Springfield
Additional Description: “... conveying the funeral cortege with the remains of the late President ...” Arrival in Springfield shown as 6:30 A.M. “All other trains of this Road must be kept thirty minutes out of the way of the time of this Train.”
Submitted: April 30, 2022.
Database Locator Identification Number: p652512
File Size: 1.584 Megabytes

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