How the Broken Marriage of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Saved the Civil War

Published: Aug. 5, 2021, 6:20 a.m.

Abraham Lincoln was apparently one of those men who regarded \u201cconnubial bliss\u201d as an untenable fantasy. During the Civil War, he pardoned a Union soldier who had deserted the army to return home to wed his sweetheart. As the president signed a...