 That same day , the nine @-@ car funeral train bearing Lincoln 's body departed Washington on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , arriving at Baltimore 's Camden Station at 10 a.m. , the first stop on a 13 @-@ day journey to Springfield , Illinois , its final destination . As the funeral train slowly made its way westward through seven states , stopping en route at Harrisburg ; Philadelphia ; Trenton ; New York ; Albany ; Buffalo ; Cleveland ; Columbus , Ohio ; Cincinnati ; and Indianapolis during the following days , about 7 million people lined the railroad tracks along the 1 @,@ 662 @-@ mile ( 2 @,@ 675 km ) route , holding aloft signs with legends such as " We mourn our loss , " " He lives in the hearts of his people , " and " The darkest hour in history . " 
