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Category Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln: The Triumphal Stroll
The Procession As far back as recorded time goes, when a Great War was over, the victors paraded through their towns and villages, trumpets blaring. Hundreds, and even thousands of soldiers glittered in their armor, assembled and proud. Most marched. … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Admiral David Porter, American history, CSA President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Lincoln goes to Richmond, Lincoln in City Point VA, Lincoln visits Petersburg VA, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, The burning of Richmond, The Civil War, The Confederate White House, The siege of Petersburg, US history, White House history
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Civil War Divas: Mary & Julia Part II
After the initial “how-do,” Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant did not meet again for a year. Mary Lincoln: 1864-5 Mary Lincoln took a long time to emerge from her deep grief over her son Willie’s death in early 1862. Custom … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Adam Badeau, American history, City Point VA, Civil War history, Col. Adam Badeau, Col. Horace Porter, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, General Charles Griffin, General Grant, history, Julia Grant, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Mary Ord, Mrs. Sarah Griffin, Presidential history, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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Mary Lincoln’s Bad Hat Story
First the source. When she was a very old lady in 1931, Julia Taft Bayne published a slim volume called Tad Lincoln’s Father. It was her personal memoir of 1861-2, when, as a teenager, she spent a good deal of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln friends Bud and Holly Taft, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential history, Presidential wives, US history, White House history
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Poems by Presidents: The First-Ever Anthology
A Book Review Roses are red, Violets are blue, POTUSES, Politics. Poetry too? What a surprise! Editor Michael Croland has amassed a charming little array of actual poetry (ok, plus a few limericks and light verse) written by some of … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Washington, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, Nifty History People, Recommended Reading, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Warren G. Harding
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, James Madison, John Q. Adams, John Quincy Adams, Michael Croland, Presidential history, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Warren G. Harding, White House history, Woodrow Wilson
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Mary Lincoln and Julia Grant: The CW Divas Part 1
The similarities were apparent; the dissimilarities were intrinsic. Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1883) was seven years older than Julia Dent Grant. From Kentucky and Missouri respectively, they were both considered “westerners” in the early part of the 19th century. They both … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Julia and Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential history, US history, White House history
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Dr. Charles Leale: Forgotten Hero of Ford’s Theater
Ford’s Theater: April 14, 1865 Enjoying a pleasant night out, Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their guests attended a comedy at Ford’s Theater. Around 10:30 p.m. a shot rang out in the Presidential Box, and a scream was heard. Within … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Butler's Commission on the Assassination of Lincoln, Dr. Charles Augustus Leale, Dr. Charles Leale, Dr. R.K. Stone, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Ford's Theater, history, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's attending physician, Lincoln's physician R.K. Stone, Major Henry Rathbone, Mary Lincoln, Presidential history, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Peterson House, US history, White House history
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General Joe Hooker: The Man, The Myth and the Legend
Joe Hooker was a pretty interesting fellow any way you look at it… Joseph Hooker, Making of a Soldier Joseph Hooker (1814-79) was Massachusetts born, and perhaps genetically destined for the military. His grandfather had been a Captain during the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Fighting Joe", "Figitin' Joe Hooker, "Hooker's Army", American Civil War, American Civil War history, American history, Camp followers attached to Hooker's Division, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, General Gideon Pillow, General Joseph Hooker, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Winfield Scott, General Zachary Taylor, history, Major General Joe Hooker, origin of the term "hooker", The American Civil War, The Peninsula Campaign of 1862, The War with Mexico, US history
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Andrew Johnson: The Kirkwood Inaugural
Andrew Johnson is one of the most unlikely US Presidents The Unlikely POTUS Beginning with Andrew Jackson in 1828, and into the 20th century, the White House was the home of some of the most unlikely men who ever rose … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson's childhood, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Death of Abraham Lincoln, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, history, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Secretary of State Seward, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Peterson House, US history, VP Andrew Johnson, VP Hannibal Hamlin, White House history, Wisconsin Governor Leonard J. Farwell
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The Booths: Collateral Damage
The Booth Brothers While Junius Brutus Booth Sr., the patriarch of the illustrious acting family had long been dead, three of his sons reached genuine stardom in the days preceding the Lincoln assassination. Junius Brutus, Jr. (the eldest) was considerably … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American actor Edwin Booth, American history, Asia Booth Clarke, Assassin John Wilkes Booth, Booth family of Shakespearean actors, Edwin Booth, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Wilkes Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother Edwin, John Wilkes Booth's brother Junius Brutus, John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law John Clarke, John Wilkes Booth's mother Mary Ann, John Wilkes Booth's sister Asia, Junius Brutus Booth, Junius Brutus Booth Jr, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Ann Holmes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln, presidential assassin, Presidential history, Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth, The assassination of Lincoln, US history
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