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[LincolnToddFan]

Yes Bill, you are right. That is precisely the reason that MTL fought so hard to have her husband interred at Oak Ridge rather than the Mather Block in the center of Springfield.

What a coincidence..... Last night I was watching the final episode of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" on dvd, and this very incident is referenced in "The Better Angels of Our Nature" as having taken place on Saturday April8th 1865. The President and Mrs. Lincoln were taking a quiet drive along the James River and came upon a small rural cemetery. Mrs Lincoln said that she and her husband stopped their carriage and were strolling through the graveyard studying the headstones when AL, moved by the peace and beauty of the place, made his remark.

I am pretty certain that this incident is written about by MTL in the compilation of her letters, thanks Eva for confirming it.