No. He wasn't on the train which left Harrisburg, because he abandoned it the night before ("at half past ten or eleven o'clock"). That "special train" was the one that was thought might be attacked.
Mr. Lincoln left the train Thursday night. Mrs. Lincoln left Harrisburg on Friday morning and arrived in Baltimore midday Friday. She " she felt anxious concerning the fate of her husband," because he wouldn't arrive in Washington until Saturday morning. He was NOT in Washington when Mrs. Lincoln left Harrisburg.
I guess you also don't think "Honest Abe" stood up Mary Todd on their first appointed wedding date either. Edgar Lee Masters writes in Lincoln, The Man:
The wedding was finally fixed to take place on January 1, 1841, at the Edwards mansion, and great preparations were made for the event. The rooms were decorated, the cakes baked. By the time the hour arrived Mary Todd was dressed in her bridal gown and veil, with flowers in her hair, waiting for Lincoln. But he did not come. An hour slipped by, and messengers were sent forth into the town to find him. They returned with word that he could not be found. Finally Mary Todd gave up and went weeping to her room. The guests departed. The lights in the mansion were blown out, and all was in darkness.They got married on November 4, 1842.
What a swell guy!
ML/NJ
Or else I'm not reading things into it that aren't there, as you seem determined to do. He wasn't on the train which left Harrisburg, because he abandoned it the night before ("at half past ten or eleven o'clock"). That "special train" was the one that was thought might be attacked.
We hadn't really "abandoned" anything since he had arrived in Harrisburg a day or two before. He came on one train, he left on another. He stayed in a hotel in the interim.
That "special train" was the one that was thought might be attacked.
By the time the train Mrs. Lincoln was left Harrisburg Lincoln had been in Washington for some time, having also been seen in Baltimore. By the time the train reached any rebellious area of Maryland it was common knowledge that Lincoln himself wasn't on it. So I fail to see where Mrs. Lincoln was in any danger. Unless you think the rebel mob would have deliberately targeted her since they couldn't get to her husband?
She " she felt anxious concerning the fate of her husband," because he wouldn't arrive in Washington until Saturday morning. He was NOT in Washington when Mrs. Lincoln left Harrisburg.
Actually yes he was. He arrived in Washington at 6 AM and had telegraphed word of his safe arrival back to Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lincoln didn't leave till 9 AM. Your own newspaper clipping makes that clear, as does dozens of accounts of the trip made by historians.
I guess you also don't think "Honest Abe" stood up Mary Todd on their first appointed wedding date either.
When it comes to bad things about Lincoln, nothing you believe would surprise me.