Garfield railroad construction, 1881. Workmen laying new railway track on the night of 5 September 1881 to create a railroad spur that was used to tra
Garfield railroad construction, 1881. Workmen laying new railway track on the night of 5 September 1881 to create a railroad spur that was used to transport wounded President Garfield to Elberon, New Jersey, USA. James Abram Garfield (1831-1881), the 20th President of the United States, had been inaugurated in March 1881, but was shot by an assassin on 2 July 1881. The wound became infected and on 6 September Garfield was moved to the Jersey coast on this specially constructed railroad to aid his recovery. He died on 19 September 1881. His assassin, Charles J. Guiteau, was convicted and executed on 30 June 1882.
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