Income Tax & the Funeral Car

[historybuff22]

I have a question. It appears that the Lincoln administration was the first to propose an income tax to help pay for the war. Is there a correlation between this and April 15th being "tax day", or just poetry in my mind?

The funeral train utilized one of Pullman's luxury cars. The cars had not been bought because they were wider than the common rail car. The stations had to modify their platforms so the train could pass. Bringing Lincoln from DC to Illinois was a good enough reason to make the needed modifications on the route. My question is why the government would purchase a rail car that would not fit at most train depots for his private rail car -- Air Force One?

Rick Brown
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