The poem was set to music following Lincoln's death.]]>
The poem was set to music following Lincoln's death]]>
On cover: "To thee fair goddess our offerings we bring. Accept them though humble they be. For Gladly we trust to they keeping of the flag. That waves o're the brave and the free"]]>
The pro-Union version of the song presented here replaces the original anti-Lincoln and anti-Union verses with words favorable to the North and damning to the South.]]>
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the fourth and youngest son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Following his brother Willie's death in 1862, Tad became especailly close to his parents. Tad died at age 18 on July 15, 1871. He is buried with his parents and brothers Eddie and Willie at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.]]>