Category Archives: Andrew Johnson

Andy Johnson and His Father’s Statue

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

President Andrew Johnson was barely two when his father died. Jacob Johnson, Hero Jacob Johnson (1778-1812) was poor as a church mouse. Born and raised in Raleigh, NC, he had no education, training or skills. Although he served in the … Continue reading →

Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Johnson, Nifty History People | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Johnson, Grant and the Big Parade

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Mid-March through Mid-May, 1865 were fraught with events March 1865 With General Ulysses Grant squeezing the Rebel Army even tighter in Petersburg, VA, and General William Sherman marching his vast army up the eastern coast, everyone knew that the end … Continue reading →

Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Martha Johnson Patterson: First Daughter

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Feather Schwartz Foster

Martha Johnson Patterson served for nearly four years as de facto First Lady to an unpopular president. The Johnson Family of Greeneville Andrew Johnson (1808-75) was seventeen years old when he pushed a cart across the North Carolina border into … Continue reading →

Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Johnson, Nifty History People | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments