The caskets containing Lincoln's body and the body of his son Willie traveled for three weeks on the Lincoln Special funeral train.[315] The train followed a circuitous route from Washington D.C. to Springfield, Illinois, stopping at many cities for memorials attended by hundreds of thousands. Many others gathered along the tracks as the train passed with bands, bonfires, and hymn singing[316] or in silent grief. Poet Walt Whitman composed "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" to eulogize him, one of four poems he wrote about Lincoln.[317] African Americans were especially moved; they had lost their "Moses".[318] In a larger sense, the reaction was in response to the deaths of so many men in the war.[319] Historians emphasized the widespread shock and sorrow, but noted that some Lincoln haters celebrated his death.[320] Lincoln's body was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield and now lies within the Lincoln Tomb.[321]

Religious and philosophical beliefs
Further information: Religious views of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, painting by George Peter Alexander Healy in 1869
As a young man, Lincoln was a religious skeptic.[322] He was deeply familiar with the Bible, quoting and praising it.