William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln

William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln, the third son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, rested here from 2/24/1862 until his remains accompanied his father's to their final resting place in Springfield, Illinois, on 4/21/1865. William Thomas Carroll, Supreme Court Clerk and family friend, offered Lincoln a temporary place of repose for Willie in the Carroll Family Mausoleum. The President, sad to leave him cold and alone, visited several times and had the crypt and casket opened. His father eulogized him, saying, "My poor boy was too good for this earth. God has called him home. I know he is much better off in Heaven, but then we loved him so… It is hard, hard to have him die."

Washington, District of Columbia · United States