Pictorial representations Lincoln’s deathbed

[Eva Elisabeth]

He was so traumatized by the death of his brother Willie he cried for weeks and was only consoled by being permitted to sleep with his father from then on out.

And as for Mary leaving the side of her dying husband to go to the WH and comfort Tad...what???!!

Actually it was Tad who consoled and comforted his mother, saying: "Don't cry so, Mamma! Don't cry, or you will make me cry, too! You will break my heart!"
Yes, he was sensitive and emotional, but IMO he should have been given the choice. His reaction was amazingly mature: "Pa is dead. I can hardly believe that I shall never see him again. I must learn to take care of myself now."