He wasn't an A-hole. He sent his mother away because she was crazy and tried to do insane things such as actually kill Robert as well as kidnap Robert's eldest daughter. He probably hated Springfield because of how he didn't have the same memories as he's younger brothers did. Lincoln was on the circut when Robert was a child and hardly gave him anything near the kind of affection that Willie and Tad got which probably led to a more serious attitude. The assassinations sound odd, but still.
Dude - check yourt facts again - Robert Todd Lincoln never saved Edwin Booth - It was Edwin Booth that saved A. Lincoln;'s son, (I forget it it was Willie or Tad). Also, Robert Todd begged his father to allow him to enlist. Lincoln had forbade it fearing it would be bad for Mary's mental health should he be killed in action, In 1865, seeing that the war was coming to a close, Lincoln gave in and wired Gen. Grant to see if there might a be a place in his staff for Robert..
He wasn't an A-hole. He sent his mother away because she was crazy and tried to do insane things such as actually kill Robert as well as kidnap Robert's eldest daughter. He probably hated Springfield because of how he didn't have the same memories as he's younger brothers did. Lincoln was on the circut when Robert was a child and hardly gave him anything near the kind of affection that Willie and Tad got which probably led to a more serious attitude. The assassinations sound odd, but still.
taytaystrk 1 year ago
Dude - check yourt facts again - Robert Todd Lincoln never saved Edwin Booth - It was Edwin Booth that saved A. Lincoln;'s son, (I forget it it was Willie or Tad). Also, Robert Todd begged his father to allow him to enlist. Lincoln had forbade it fearing it would be bad for Mary's mental health should he be killed in action, In 1865, seeing that the war was coming to a close, Lincoln gave in and wired Gen. Grant to see if there might a be a place in his staff for Robert..
Shelton1967 1 year ago