Softer side of Lincoln comes to light in a trove of papers.

Source :: New York Times. 03/15/98, Vol. 147 Issue 51097, p24. 0p.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Provides information on a compassionate act perpetrated by former United States President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, and highlighted on March 14, 1998. Background on work conducted by Dr. Thomas Lowry and his wife Beverly Lowry; Background details on this development; Comments from Michael Musick, a Civil War military records specialist at the National archives.