''February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has
begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a
long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved
eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies upstairs in the White House, gravely
ill. In a matter of days, despite predictions of a recovery, Willie dies
and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. “My poor boy, he was too
good for this earth,” the president says..''
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