Killing Lincoln - Nat Geo (Reactions)

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[/quote]Fanny may have meant that Robert escorted Lincoln in Petersburg, not Richmond. Lincoln saw Robert in Peterburg on April 3 after the city had been evacuated.

"On March 29, Grant began his final push against Lee's army and moved his staff and headquarters closer to the front. It was during this time that Robert Lincoln participated in the fall of Petersburg and Richmond...

"After visiting both Petersburg and Richmond, President Lincoln telegraphed his wife, 'Petersburg and Richmond are both in our hands; and Tad and I have been to the former and have been with Bob four or five hours. He is well and in good spirits.'"

Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln
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That's precisely what I believe. For what it's worth!

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