| 1862/02/05 |
On the evening of February 5th with Wllie seriously ill, probably from typhoid fever, the Lincoln trudges between Wllie's upstairs sickbed and the East Room. |
White House East Room, The White House
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| 1862/02/20 |
On Thursday evening Willie Lincoln passes away. "My poor boy. He was too good for this earth. God has called him home. I know that he is much better off in heaven, but then we loved him so much. It is hard, hard to have him die!" Abraham Lincoln |
The White House, Washington, DC
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| 1862/02/21 |
William Carroll provides his family's stone vault as temporarily resting place for William Lincoln's coffin. |
Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, DC), Washington, DC
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| 1862/02/22 |
A grieving Abraham Lincoln visits the remains of his son Willie in the Carroll Family' Vault. Possibly even opening the casket and holding his boy in his arms. |
Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, DC), Washington, DC
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| 1862/02/24 |
Willie Lincoln's body lays in the Green Room, next door to where Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy would also lie. |
The White House, Washington, DC
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