escort to Springfield

[Eva Elisabeth]

(01-23-2015 05:09 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Eva, this indeed happened. Here is a list of both state and territorial governors who rode the train:

Richard J. Oglesby, Governor of Illinois
Oliver P. Morton, Governor of Indiana
John Brough, Governor of Ohio
Thomas E. Bramlette, Governor of Kentucky
Thomas Fletcher, Governor of Missouri
James T. Lewis, Governor of Wisconsin
A. I. Boreman, Governor of West Virginia
Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan
A. W. Bradford, Governor of Maryland
Stephen Miller, Governor of Minnesota
Andrew P. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania
Ruben H. Fenton, Governor of New York
Joel T. Parker, Governor of New Jersey
A.C. Gibbs, Governor of the Washington Territory
William Wallace, Governor of the Idaho Territory
Newton Edmonds, Governor of the Dakota Territory

(Information from Scott Trostel's Lincoln Funeral Train)

Thank you, Roger! You simply are a Lincoln encyclopedia!
My favorite "story" is Thaddeus Stevens standing at a Lancaster tunnel (bridge is another version) and lifting his hat.

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(01-23-2015 05:20 AM)loetar44 Wrote:  

(01-22-2015 06:21 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Wasn't there (or didn't it become) a ritual that the govenor of each of the states passed during the journey boarded and joined the party for the entire distance the train covered in the respective state?

As I’ve understand it, a governor boarded the train at the moment the train reached a state line and rode along as a gesture of honor and respect for Abraham Lincoln. Each governor did not make the trip entirely to Springfield, Illinois but returned when the funeral train proceeded in another state, with another governor.

Kees, maybe I worded that poorly, but this was actually what I meant. Your wording is sure better!