In the meantime, if you want to add chocolate to your diet, do so in moderation. Why? Most commercial chocolate has ingredients that add fat, sugar and calories. And too much can contribute to weight gain, a risk factor for high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. On the other hand, cocoa itself, unlike chocolate, is low in sugar and fat while offering potential health benefits.
The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.
Thomas Tad Lincoln was born in April of 1853, and died in July of  1871, at the age of 18. He likely died from tuberculosis.    It has been suggested that Abraham Lincoln had a rare genetic  cancer, which may have been passed down to all three of his sons,  who died young.