On April 21, 1865, the train carrying the coffin of President Abraham Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on its way to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried on May 4.

Now, the perpetual debate has reared its head once again: was US President Abraham ... “The two shared Speed’s bed for years in Springfield after Lincoln told Speed he couldn’t afford ...

“People were still getting notice of their loved ones’ dying,” says historian Martha Hodes, author of Mourning Lincoln, a new book on the president’s death and its aftermath. “Lincoln ...