Southern Unionist
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2017
- Location
- NC
In August of 2015, a special exhibit visited North Carolina as a part of a regional tour. It consisted of a high quality, high accuracy reproduction of the railroad car that carried Abraham Lincoln's body from Washington to Illinois for burial, and a fully functional reproduction of one of the 21 different 4-4-0 steam locomotives that pulled the train at various points along the route, between Apr. 21 and May 3, 1865. Reenactors were on hand to guard the car, as it would have been guarded by the US Army at every significant stop along the way.
The display location is Spencer, NC, at the largest surviving roundhouse in the US.
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The display location is Spencer, NC, at the largest surviving roundhouse in the US.
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