President Abraham Lincoln and Rail Travel
Author Bob Withers talked about the trains that played a part in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. He’s the author of "The President Travels by Train: Politics and Pullmans." The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library hosted this virtual event.
Description
Author Bob Withers talked about the trains that played a part in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. He’s the author of "The President Travels by Train: Politics and Pullmans." The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library hosted this virtual event.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What does the first image that is displayed in the clip show?
- Summarize the story that Bob Withers shares about Abraham Lincoln as he traveled by train during his 1858 Senate campaign.
- Based on the clip, describe what train travel was like during the late 1800s.
- What was the Lincoln funeral car originally built for?
- According to Withers, how did the public mourn the death of President Lincoln?
- Why did the funeral trip from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois take several days to complete?
Additional Resources
Participants
Vocabulary
- Bunting
- Election Of 1860
- Embalming
- Freight
- Inauguration
- Lincoln Douglas Debates
- President
- Senate