1843/08/01 |
Robert Lincoln is born in Springfield, Illinois to Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. |
Born |
|
|
|
|
Robert Todd Lincoln's Birthday |
1844/00/00 |
The Lincoln's buy a house, Lincoln home 1844-1861 |
Home |
|
Lincoln Home National Historic Site |
Springfield |
|
|
1853/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln attends Illinois State University, Springfield, Illinois |
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
1859/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln attends Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. |
Education |
|
Phillips Exeter Academy |
Exeter, NH |
|
|
1861/02/11 |
From the Great Western Depot at 930 E Monroe St, President-elect Abraham Lincoln and his eldest son, Robert, depart Springfield, Illinois for Washington DC. |
Life |
|
Great Western Depot, Springfield |
Springfield |
|
President-Elect Lincoln's Journey to Washington |
1864/00/00 |
Just as Robert Lincoln is being thrust into the path of an oncoming train by a crowd of people, Edwin Booth pulls him to safety. |
Life |
|
|
|
|
|
1864/07/20 |
Robert Lincoln graduates from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
1864/08/00 |
Mary Lincoln and her sons Robert and Tad make a summer visit to the Equinox House. |
Guest |
|
Equinox House |
Manchester, VT |
|
|
1865/00/00 |
Captain Lincoln joins the staff of General Ulysses S Grant |
Military |
|
|
|
|
|
1865/04/09 |
Robert E Lee, accompanied by five Major generals, surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant. |
Union Officer |
|
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park |
Appomattox, VA |
|
Battles of Appomattox Station and Court House |
1865/04/09 |
Robert E Lee, accompanied by five Major generals, surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant. |
Union Officer |
|
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park |
Appomattox, VA |
|
End of the American Civil War |
1865/04/14 |
While visiting with his friend John Hay, the president's private secretary, Robert Lincoln is told that his father has been shot and he dashes off to the Peterson house. |
Grieving son |
|
The White House |
Washington, DC |
|
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
1865/04/15 |
American President Abraham Lincoln dies at the Petersen House. |
Grieving son |
|
Petersen House |
Washington, DC |
|
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
1867/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln practices law in Chicago, Illinois, 1867-1881 |
Work |
|
|
|
|
|
1868/09/24 |
Mary Eunice Harlan marries Robert Todd Lincoln in Washington, DC |
Groom |
|
|
|
|
Marriage of Mary Eunice Harlan and Robert Todd Lincoln |
1881/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln becomes Secretary of War, 1881-1885 |
Work |
|
|
|
|
|
1881/07/02 |
Charles J Guiteau, a disgruntled office-seeker, shoots Garfield twice in the back as James Blaine and the President walk through Baltimore and Potomac Railroad's 6th St Station in Washington (Built 1873, razed 1908). |
Witness |
|
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Washington, DC |
|
Assassination of James Garfield |
1889/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln becomes Minister to Great Britain, 1889-1893 |
Work |
|
|
|
|
|
1895/00/00 |
Summer home 1895-1907 |
Home |
|
Harlan-Lincoln House |
Mt Pleasant |
|
|
1897/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln becomes acting president at the Pullman Palace Car Company, 1897-1901 |
Work |
|
|
|
|
|
1901/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln serves as president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, 1901-1911 |
Work |
|
|
|
|
|
1901/09/06 |
At the invitation of President William McKinley, Robert Lincoln attends the Pan-American Exposition. Arriving mid-afternoon, Lincoln is on his way to meet McKinley when Leon Czolgosz shoots the president. |
Guest |
|
|
|
|
1901 Pan-American Exposition |
1905/06/20 |
Lincoln summer home |
Home |
|
Hildene |
Manchester, VT |
|
|
1911/00/00 |
Lincoln family moves to Washington, DC |
Life |
|
|
|
|
|
1911/00/00 |
Robert Lincoln serves as Chairman of the board at the Pullman Palace Car Company, 1911-1922 |
Work |
|
|
|
|
|
1915/00/00 |
Robert and Mary Eunice Lincoln buy the Laird-Dunlop estate. Mary Eunice Lincoln lived at the home until 1936. |
Home |
|
Laird-Dunlop House |
Washington, DC |
|
|
1922/05/30 |
The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated. |
Speaker at dedication |
|
Lincoln Memorial |
Washington, DC |
|
Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial |
1926/07/26 |
Died |
Died |
|
Hildene |
Manchester, VT |
|
|