The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, is touted in the history textbooks as being one of the most influential Presidents in American History.  From the Gettysburg Address to the Emancipation Proclamation to his untimely demise at the hands of John Wilkes Booth, following in Lincoln’s footsteps would be no small task.  The only one of his four sons to live into adulthood, however, would take on the role of carrying out the Lincoln namesake.  How does the son of such a prominent figure leave his mark on society?  By being in a web of coincidences and being caught in the crossfire.