Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926), Hildene, Manchester Center, Vermont
This sword is likely the one Tad received just days before his father was assassinated at Fords Theater by actor John Wilkes Booth. Can he be accommodated Perhaps on the same day, he wrote another short note, probably to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Let Master Tad have a Navy sword. On April 10, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln wrote two notes on small cards to two of his Cabinet secretaries in aid of his sons war play. Tad interrupted one of his fathers meetings, stated Jacks case, and Lincoln granted Jack a presidential pardon. Later, a Major Watt suggested that Tad request a presidential pardon for Jack.
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Soon, Jack was tried by court martial, found guilty of several crimes, sentenced to death by firing squad, and buried with full military honors. When the New York Sanitary Commission sent Tad a Zouave doll, he named it Jack. In one escapade, they captured a neighbors cat and another neighbors dog and held them as prisoners of war in an attic until an adult ordered their release.Īfter Willies death from Typhoid Fever in February 1862 and Tads recovery from a similar illness, Tad continued the war play alone or with other playmates. Lincolns Zouaves, enlisted other boys, held war tribunals, mock battles, and other aspects of wartime life. Over the next ten months, Willie and Tad incorporated the war into their play. In Washington, ten-year-old Willie and eight-year-old Tad Lincoln took up positions on the White House roof, complete with a log to mimic a cannon and old rifles. When Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, the Civil War officially began. From the Forbes Collection and will be accompanied by several Forbes tags. Small Navy sword and leather scabbard, perhaps given to Thomas Tad Lincoln, April 1865. Tad Lincolns Navy Sword, Requested Just Days Before His Fathers Assassination, Ex ForbesĪBRAHAM LINCOLN.
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