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Category Archives: Nifty History People
U.S.Grant and the U.S. Mail
Mail call has always been one of the key ingredients of soldier morale and frequently the high point of his day. A Literate War The Civil War is considered by most historians as the “first modern war” for a variety … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Nifty History People, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Absalom Markland, American Civil War, American history, Candice Shy Hooper, Civil War history, Communications during the Civil War, General Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Julia Dent, Julia Dent Grant, Post Office history, postal history, Presidential history, Ulysses S. Grant, US Civil War, US history
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Lincoln. Mary. Robert. War.
Of all the decisions Abraham Lincoln was obliged to make during his administration, few were as personally difficult as his son’s participation in the Army. Robert’s Story Robert Todd Lincoln had just entered Harvard when his father was inaugurated in … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, General Sherman, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, US history, White House history
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Doc Sawyer: President Harding’s Surgeon General
It is unfair to compare medical practice of a hundred or more years ago with the enormous technological changes that have occurred. Nevertheless… Charles Sawyer: Homeopath Charles E. Sawyer (1860-1924) was an Ohio homeopathic doctor of limited formal training, believing … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, Warren G. Harding
Tagged "Doc" Sawyer, "The Duchess" Harding, American history, Doctor Charles Sawyer, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Florence Harding, Florence Harding, Florence K. Harding, history, Mrs. Harding's illness, President Warren G. Harding, Presidential history, Surgeon General Sawyer, US history, Warren G. Harding, Warren Harding, Warren Harding's heart condition, White House history
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The Assassination Attempt on Andrew Jackson
Political assassination has been around since Biblical times, if not longer. Andrew Jackson: Public Figure Andrew Jackson had been in the public eye since he was in his early twenties. As a Tennessee lawyer, planter, speculator, horseracer, duelist and legislator, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Nifty History People
Tagged "Old Hickory", American history, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson as assassination target, Assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence, Attorney Francis Scott Key, Feather Schwartz Foster, Francis Scott Key, General Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, history, Jackson and the Bank of the United States, Jackson foe Henry Clay, Jackson foe John C. Calhoun, Jackson's attempted assassination, John C. Calhoun, President Andrew Jackson, Presidential history, Richard Lawrence assassin, US history, Whig Senator George Poindexter, White House history
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Montgomery Meigs: Civil War Quartermaster
The United States Army in April, 1861 On the eve of the Civil War, the regular United States Army consisted of 16,000 soldiers, most of which were deployed out west. Other than maintaining the always-touchy peace with the native tribes, … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Civil War history, Civil War Quartermaster Department, Feather Schwartz Foster, Fort Sumter, General George B. McClellan, General George McClellan, George B. McClellan, Montgomery C. Meigs, Montgomery Meigs, President Abraham Lincoln, Quartermaster budget for the Civil War, Quartermaster Department during the Civil War, Quartermaster General Meigs, Secretary of State William Seward, Senator James G. Blaine, The Peninsula Campaign, The Union Army, US history
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Dolley Madison’s Merry Party
The position of Secretary of State is the country’s premier diplomatic post. James Madison and the Merrys Anthony Merry was the first British Minister Plenipotentiary (considered Ambassador) sent to the United States. He and his uber pretentious wife Elizabeth were … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, James Madison, Nifty History People
Tagged Ambassador Anthony Merry, American history, Anthony and Elizabeth Merry, British Minister Plenipotentiary Anthony Merry, Dolley Madison, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, James Madison, Madison home Montpelier, Margaret Bayard Smith, Mrs. James Madison, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Secretary of State James Madison, Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, US history, White House history
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Robert Lincoln’s Secret Trip
Robert Todd Lincoln was a private man who assiduously shunned the spotlight. Robert T. Lincoln: 1865 Robert Lincoln, the son of Abraham Lincoln, had neither of his parents’ outgoing personalities. He made friends easily enough, but he was a laid-back … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Mary HArlan Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs Robert T Lincoln, Mrs. Robert Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's secret files, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, the burial of Tad Lincoln, the death of Tad Lincoln, The Widow Mary Lincoln, US history
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Benjamin Harrison and the Body Snatchers
Grave robbing, and its cousin, body snatching has been around since antiquity. Grave Robbers and Body Snatchers Archaeologists always sigh at the amount of priceless treasure and artifacts and history lost over the centuries to grave robbers who search tombs … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Benjamin Harrison, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Benjamin Harrison, Benjamin Harrison's father, body snatching, Brigadier General Benjamin Harrison, Feather Schwartz Foster, grave robbing, history, John Scott Harrison, Medical College of Ohio, President William Henry Harrison, Stealing John Harrison's body, The death of John Scott Harrison, The funeral of John Scott Harrison, US history, William Henry Harrison
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William McKinley and Czolgosz the Assassin
William McKinley was one of the best liked Presidents. Why would anyone want to kill him? William McKinley, the Popular By all accounts, William McKinley was a warm, friendly and agreeable fellow. Born in 1843 in a small Ohio town, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Leon Czolgosz, McKinley assassin Czolgosz, McKinley's popularity, political anarchists, President William McKinley, presidential assassins, presidential assinations, Presidential history, Rutherford B. Hayes, the assassination of McKinley, the Pan American Exhibition in 1901, US history, White House history, William McKinley, William McKinley's assassination
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Robert E. Lee at the Crossroads
April 9, 1865 was only the beginning of a difficult time in the life of Robert E. Lee. The Surrender It was a horrible day for General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). He has been famously quoted as preferring to … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Appomattox Court House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Plantation, Civil War history, Confederate history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Mary Anne Custis Lee, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, The American Civil War, The Army of Northern Virginia, The assassination of Lincoln, the Confederate Army, the great-grandaughter of Martha Washington, US history
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