Near Woodstock in Champaign County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Lincoln Funeral Train

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

1. LincolnFuneral Train Marker

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Inscription. President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nation mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. On its way the Funeral Train stopped in Columbus and Lincoln's coffin was moved to the Statehouse Rotunda for a day-long viewing. From Columbus Governor John Brough and others changed the train's route, which resulted in a trip through Champaign County where it stopped several times. The Funeral Train arrived in Woodstock on April 29 at 9:46 p.m. for a brief ceremony and to take on fuel and water. With nearly 500 people present, bouquets were laid on Lincoln's coffin. The Woodstock Cornet Band, led by Warren U. Cushman, played hymns of grief, including "Pleyel's Hymn." Village bells rung and silent men and women stood as the train departed and traveled downhill toward Cable and Urbana.

Erected 2008 by Champaign County Lincoln Descendants and Friends, Champaign County Bicentennial Historical Marker Committee, The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 24-11.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism

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• Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 14, 1865.

Location. 40° 10.321′ N, 83° 32.065′ W. Marker is near Woodstock, Ohio, in Champaign County. It is on Urbana Woodstock Road (County Route 2) 0.4 miles west of Main Street (Ohio Route 559), on the right when traveling west. Marker is to the left, just inside the gate of Woodstock Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 500 W Bennett St, Woodstock OH 43084, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Woodstock Veterans Memorial (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Warren Sibley Cushman (about 600 feet away); Cushman Monument (about 600 feet away); Universalist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); North Lewisburg Fire Bell (approx. 3.7 miles away); North Lewisburg, O. Service Flag (approx. 3.7 miles away); Roll of Honor (approx. 3.7 miles away); North Lewisburg, Ohio Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodstock.

More about this marker. The

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

2. LincolnFuneral Train Marker

full view of marker, again, there are four of these markers, each has a different text. They are several miles apart.

Woodstock marker is one of four similar markers in Champaign County. Marker is located at the site of an underpass on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.
Marker given duplicate marker #24-11. Will be corrected to 36-11 when possible.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 1, 2015

3. LincolnFuneral Train Marker

marker can be seen at a distance. Slim profile, to left of cemetery gate

Credits. This page was last revised on August 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,088 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 3, 2015, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.