Gurney managed to save one plate, which was shown to the president's oldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, in hopes that he might want to preserve the image for the sake of posterity. But Lincoln ...

Legacies come in many forms, though few could argue over what the 16th president of the United States left behind after he was assassinated. Abraham Lincoln rose from poverty to become a self ...

Mary Lincoln Beckwith and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith; (Bottom-right) A crowd gathers around Lincoln’s coffin as it is moved during construction at the Lincoln Tomb. Photos courtesy of the ...

The only one of Lincoln’s sons to reach adulthood and have children of his own was Robert. Robert’s son Abraham had no children, and his daughters had three children between them, none of whom ...

Gurney managed to save one plate, which was shown to the president's oldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, in the hopes that he might want to preserve the image for the sake of posterity. But Lincoln ...