Lincoln Cheers His Sick Boy

[STS Lincolnite]

Gene,

Thanks for posting the link to this wonderful little article. Some nice glimpses into Lincoln’s character and his life at a particularly trying time.

David picked out a quote I too liked and posted above. There was also a story about Tad giving away his socks and shoes that was touching as was this quote (apparently spoken by Tad later on): “If pa had got well, he would have forgiven the man that shot him; he forgave everybody.”

Here is a nice blog post about Maria (Hall) Lucas, the nurse who helped care for Tad and whose recollections serve as the basis for the article.

http://john-banks.blogspot.com/2013/10/r...l-war.html