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Category Archives: Abraham Lincoln
James Garfield Goes to Congress
…with a little help from President Lincoln. Maybe. JAG: A Brief History Ohio born James Garfield (1831-81) had a very unpromising start in life. His father died when he was two, with little to leave the family. His mother later … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Chickamauga, Battle of Shiloh, Civil War history, Congressman James A. Garfield, Feather Schwartz Foster, Geauga Academy, General Don Carlos Buell, General James Garfield, Hiram College, history, James A. Garfield, James Garfield, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, US history, White House history, Williams College
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Mary Lincoln, Good Neighbor
Stories about Mary Lincoln’s “difficult” personality abound; stories about her good deeds and genuine generosity are less common. Miss Todd of Lexington, KY Mary Todd of Lexington, KY had lived in Springfield, IL since 1837. For five years, she made … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's children, American history, Charles Dallman, Dr. William Wallace, Edward Baker Lincoln, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, Harriet Dallman, history, Lincoln neighbors Mr. and Mrs.. Dallman, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's sister Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Lincoln's sons, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Todd Lincoln, The Lincolns of Springfield IL, Thomas (Tad) Lincoln, US history, William Wallace Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln and Smallpox
Abraham Lincoln suffered from variola (smallpox) when he was in the White House. November, 1863 Almost as an afterthought, President Lincoln had been invited to make “a few appropriate remarks” at an event in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In July, a massive … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Dedicating the Gettysburg cemetery, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, John G. Nicolay, John Hay, Lincoln's health history, Lincoln's Secretaries, Orator Edward Everett, PA Governor Andrew Curtin, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, the battle of Gettysburg, US history, Variola and smallpox, White House history, William Stoddard
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The White House Conservatory: The Lost Treasure
Arguably the largest of all lost White House treasures, is the Conservatory. The Greenhouse Concept Some three hundred years ago, the first greenhouse was built in Colonial America. The concept had been known in Europe for some time: to provide … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Presidential Sites, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Caroline Harrison, First Lady Ida McKinley, First Lady Lucy Hayes, First Lady Mary Lincoln, flowers in the White House, Harriet Lane, Lucy Hayes' avant garde dinner service, Nellie Grant's White House Wedding, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President Grover Cleveland, President James Buchanan, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, The Crystal Palace, The White House Conservatory, US history, White House history
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Abraham Lincoln and the Leg Cases
Abraham Lincoln had very little military knowledge when he became Commander-in-Chief. Lincoln’s Military Experience… …was next to nothing in 1861 when he became President. Thirty years earlier, as a young man, he volunteered with some New Salem fellows to fight … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Benjamin F. Butler, Civil War history, Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Benjamin Butler, history, Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, Lincoln's "Leg Cases", Military Discipline in the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, US history, White House history, William C. Davis
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Mary Todd Lincoln and Henry Clay
In 1832, Mary Todd was thirteen years old; Henry Clay was about to challenge Andrew Jackson for the Presidency. Ellerslie and Ashland Ellerslie Plantation, about three miles from Lexington, KY, was the ancestral home of the Todd family, named for … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Ellerslie Plantation, Emilie Todd Helm, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Clay, Henry Clay's Ashland plantation, history, Mary Lincoln's father Robert S. Todd, Mary Lincoln's niece Katherine Helm, Mary Lincoln's sister Emilie Todd, Mary Todd Lincoln, Presidential wives, Robert Smith Todd, The Todd family plantation, US history, White House history
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Col. Elmer Ellsworth, The Lincolns’ Favorite
Few Lincoln favorites were as beloved by the entire Lincoln family as Elmer Ellsworth. The Young Militia Colonel Ephriam Elmer Ellsworth (1837-61) was a poor New York fellow with long bootstraps. Blessed with a charismatic personality, solid brains, and an … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War history, American history, Civil War history, Civil War Zouaves, Col. Elmer Ellsworth, Elmer Ellsworth, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John G. Nicolay, John Hay, Lincoln's Secretaries, Mary Lincoln, New York Zouave firefighters, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Secretary of War Simon Cameron, the death of Elmer Ellsworth, The John Marshall Hotel in Alexandria VA, US history, White House history, Willie and Tad Lincoln
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1861: A Year of Six Presidents
Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 set many precedents. Presidential Precedents. Abraham Lincoln was a President of many firsts: The first POTUS born west of the Appalachian Mountains (KY); the elected first from Illinois; the first elected by popular plurality in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Pierce, history, James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President John Tyler, President Martin Van Buren, President Millard Fillmore, Presidential history, US history White House history
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Tad Lincoln and The Doll Jack
All kids need toys. Tad: A Child With Problems Tad was the Lincolns’ fourth and last child born after a grueling two-day labor. He was born with a cleft palate, a not-uncommon malformation in the mouth routinely corrected in infancy … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Gardener John Watt, history, Julia Taft Baynes, Lincoln pardons The Doll Jack, Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Tad Lincoln, Tad Lincoln's cleft palate, Tad Lincoln's Doll Jack, Tad Lincoln's playmates, The Doll Jack, Thomas (Tad) Lincoln, US history, White House Gardener Watt, White House history, Willie Lincoln
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Franklin Pierce: Moments of Grace
Franklin Pierce came to the Presidency following great personal tragedy. Franklin Pierce: The Tragedy Only weeks before Franklin Pierce (D-NH) was inaugurated in 1853, he took his wife and their eleven-year-old son to visit family in Massachusetts. En route, their … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, Franklin Pierce, history, James Buchanan, Jane Pierce, Jefferson Davis, President Abraham Lincoln, President Franklin Pierce, Presidential history, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, The tragedy of Bennie Pierce, US history, White House history
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