"Abraham Lincoln Pardoned Biden's Ancestor After Civil War Brawl"
President Abraham Lincoln pardoned Joe Biden's great-great-grandfather, Moses J. Robinette, after he was involved in a brawl on a Union Army base during the Civil War. Robinette, a civilian veterinary surgeon, injured a colleague with a pocketknife and was sentenced to two years hard labor in a Florida military prison until Lincoln intervened and set him free. Newly discovered documents at the National Archives revealed this little-known chapter in Biden's family history.