Abraham, Mary Lincoln drive together past a country cemetery at Petersburg 150 years ago today (Apr 8 1865)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


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(Saturday, April 8, 1865; during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War) — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and First Lady Mary Lincoln took a drive together today past a country cemetery on the outskirts of Petersburg, Virginia.