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Oct 5, 2017 · Booth forgot about the letter and the incident until the night of the assassination. For, while a Booth had taken a Lincoln life, it revealed that another Booth had saved one. The young man had been Robert Todd Lincoln — the President’s son.
Lincoln's last surviving descendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died December 24, 1985. With him, Abraham Lincoln's family died out. Cultural depictions. Robert Todd Lincoln as a character has appeared multiple times on film, in television programs, and in dramatic productions. Films. Edwin Mills in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Dec 24, 2022 · Few know that the brother of the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was responsible for saving the president's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, from a near-death experience. Robert's rescuer...
Nov 13, 2019 · Robert Todd Lincoln was saved from near-certain death by none other than Edwin Booth, the brother of the very man who would take the life of Abraham Lincoln in the wake of the Civil War. Recalling the incident that took place on the platform of a train station to the editor of The Century Magazine , Robert said:
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Jan 3, 2012 · In a strange twist of fate, Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln ‘s son Robert Todd Lincoln. Sometime in late 1864 or early 1865, Lincoln was waiting to buy a train ticket in Jersey City, New Jersey when he was accidentally pushed off the railway platform into the path of an oncoming train.
Feb 5, 2024 · By Jack Fleischer. February 5th, 2024. Edwin Booth (left) and Robert Todd Lincoln (right), 1860s. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 14, 1865, was unexpected and tragic. John Wilkes Booth was a surprising assassin, a prominent actor from a famed family.
Apr 2, 2014 · In a strange coincidence shortly before President Lincoln’s assassination, Robert was saved from a serious potential train platform injury by Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth....
