About this episode:
Three of her four children did not live to adulthood, and her husband was assassinated while he held her hand. If anyone ever deserved to be troubled, it was the wife of the sixteenth president. James Cornelius, curator of the Lincoln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois said simply: “She had the most tragic public life in American history.”
This is the story of the woman who once said, “I wish I could forget myself.”
This is the story of Mary Ann Todd Lincoln.
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Elizabeth Todd Edwards
Stephen A. Douglas
Robert Todd Lincoln
William Henry Seward
Tad Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley
Get The Guide:
Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, The Civil War: A History of the War between the States from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.
*Title Image by Library of Congress
Producer: Dan Irving
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May We Suggest - Bullets And Bandages: The Aid Stations and Field Hospitals at Gettysburg
33 - "The Union Is Dissolved!" - South Carolina Secedes
32 - The Election of 1860
31 - Mr. Lincoln's Pilgrimage to the Banks of Antietam Creek
30 - "No Quarter!" - The Border War Between Kansas and Missouri
29 - The New York City Draft Riots
28 - "Useless! Useless!" - The Flight of John Wilkes Booth
27 - April 14th, 1865
26 - Clash In The Ozarks - Pea Ridge
25 - Assassination from the Bottom of the Sea - The Hunley
24 - Misery at Murfreesboro - the Battle of Stones River
23 - Chattanooga - Part 2
22 - Chattanooga - Part 1
20 - In The Shadows: Spies, Raiders, and Intelligence Gathering
19 - "Mighty Events Are On The Wing" - Second Manassas
18 - "Hell Has Busted" - The Battle Of The Crater
17 - "His Name Might Be Audacity" - The Seven Days Campaign
16 - Hell On Earth: The Battle Of The Wilderness
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