Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided

Part VI: Blind With Weeping (1x6)

Air date: Aug 01, 2011

Late one August evening in 1864, Abraham Lincoln was riding from the White House to the Soldiers Home where he and Mary were spending their third summer. Lincoln was still convinced he was going to be defeated in the presidential election, now just weeks away. Someone had fired a shot, Lincoln told his wife, but it must have been an accident -- maybe some hunter emptying his gun before going home.