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Did Lincoln own any weapons?
07-29-2012, 08:52 AM (This post was last modified: 07-29-2012 08:59 AM by RJNorton.)
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RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons?
Here goes with some real wild speculation on my part; some of it is known information, but most is just unsubstantiated guesswork:

1. Mary and Abraham gave Tad a revolver in 1863.

2. Abraham was carrying it on his person on April 14, 1865.

3. As he was being carried across the street to the Petersen House, it dropped out along with some papers.

4. The papers and revolver were picked up in the street by Captain Edwin E. Bedee.

5. Bedee took the stuff to Stanton; Stanton told Bedee to tell no one about Lincoln's gun.

6. Stanton quietly returned the gun to Mary Lincoln in the White House.

7. Mary packed it away in her trunks.

8. The gun resurfaces in the mid-1870's when Mary is said to be carrying a pistol in her pocket.

From there I do not know....
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Did Lincoln own any weapons? - LincolnMan - 07-28-2012, 05:56 PM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - RJNorton - 07-29-2012 08:52 AM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - Gene C - 11-05-2012, 08:09 AM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - Rogerm - 11-05-2012, 11:39 AM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - Gene C - 11-05-2012, 11:51 AM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - Gene C - 05-16-2013, 06:51 PM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - ELCore - 05-25-2013, 11:39 AM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - Steve - 07-25-2018, 04:57 PM
RE: Did Lincoln own any weapons? - Steve - 07-27-2018, 06:45 PM

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