Tad Lincoln (Alternity)

Thomas 'Tad' Lincoln (April 4, 1853 – May 12, 1947) was the fourth and youngest son of Abraham Lincoln and one of the best known figures in American military history. Often quite impulsive as a child, Tad went through extensive behavioral therapy throughout his teenage years, therapy that appears to have worked by the time he reached adulthood in 1871. With the advent of the Second Mexican-American War in June 1877, Tad joined the Army's 1st Infantry Regiment as a corporal and fought against Mexican Army troops at the Battle of Tucson, where he received minor wounds in the line of duty. He eventually rose to the rank of Major General just before World War I and became second in command of American armies in France as 'Blackjack' Pershing's right-hand man and led the US Army's newly-organized 1st Infantry Division from 1917 to 1921. Tad remained with the Army another eight years after his stint with the 1st Infantry Division, attending the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial (in honor of his father) with his brothers as a representative of both the Army and the Lincoln family. He finally retired with his wife Caroline to a secluded area in Wyoming in the summer of 1929. He died of influenza in May 1947 at the age of 94, less than a month after the end of World War II. Tad was buried in the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield alongside his brothers (Eddie and Willie) and parents, where he remains interred to this day.