Did William Coggeshall Save Lincoln's Life?

[RJNorton]

Gene, it comes from a letter Coggeshall's widow, Mary, wrote to her daughter, Prockie, on February 25, 1908.

Regarding how Prockie got her name...According to the book Mary Coggeshall gave birth to a girl on September 20, 1862. At this time William Coggeshall heard that Lincoln had read to the Cabinet a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. This caused William to insist that the baby not be named until after Richmond fell. He now knew what he wanted to name her. So it was 2 1/2 years before the little girl was named - the name given her was Emancipation Proclamation. So her full name was Emancipation Proclamation Coggeshall, and she was called "Prockie" as a nickname. (I am not making this up - it's in the book)