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Ethel Roosevelt: TR’s Other Little Girl
All Theodore Roosevelt’s children had some of his qualities, but Ethel was more like her mother than any of them. Ethel Carow Roosevelt, The Second Daughter Ethel Roosevelt (1891-1977) was seven years younger than her half-sister Alice, and surrounded … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Roosevelt, American history, Archie Roosevelt, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Edith Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt and the American Red Cross, Ethel Roosevelt Derby, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Edith Roosevelt, history, Jr., Kermit Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt, Quentin Roosevelt, Sagamore Hill, Ted Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's children, TR's daughter Ethel, TR's son, US history
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VP Hannibal Hamlin, Coast Guard Private
Hannibal Hamlin was Vice President during Abraham Lincoln’s first term. He was a decent man, lost to history. Vice President Hamlin, The Background Hannibal Hamlin, from Maine, was a likeable and respected attorney, a pleasant but far from stellar United … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison during Divil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, Hannibal Hamlin, history, James Garfield during Civil War, Lincoln's Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Maine Coast Guard during the Civil War, President Benjamin Harrison, President James A. Garfield, President Rutherford B. Hayes, Rutherford Hayes during Civil War, The Republican Convention of 1860, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson, Vice President Hamlin, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, Vice Presidential history, VP Hannibal Hamlin
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Robert T. Lincoln: Witness to Assassinations
When Robert Lincoln was nearly sixty, he vowed never again to meet a President of the United States. He was a prominent man with an iconic name. Meeting and greeting Presidents was a given. But he let it be known … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Nifty History People, William McKinley
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Charles Julius Guiteau, Chief Justics William Howard Taft, Feather Schwartz Foster, Ford's Theater, Garfield's assassin Guiteau, history, James Garfield, John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, Mary Lincoln, McKinley's assassin Czolgosz, President James Garfield, President Warren Harding, President William McKinley, Robert Lincoln, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Secrfetary of War Robert T. Lincoln, the assassination of Garfield, The assassination of Lincoln, the assassination of McKinley, the assassination of William McKinley, The Lincoln Memorial, the Peterson House, US history, Warren Harding, William McKinley
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Dr. Jonathan Letterman and Civil War Medicine
Evacuating the wounded from the battlefield could take days at the start of the American Civil War. The Letterman System Dr. Jonathan Letterman (1824-72) was an army surgeon who came from a distinguished medical family. During the 1850s, he was … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "Father of Battlefield Medicine", Ambulance Corps, American Civil War, American history, Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Second Manassas, Civil War, Civil War ambulances, Civil War history, Civil war medical advances, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George B. McClellan, history, Jonathan Letterman, Major Jonathan Letterman, medicine during the Civil War, The history of the Ambulance Corps, The Letterman System, US history
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Sarah Knox Taylor: The First Mrs. Jeff Davis
Sarah may have been a tiny little blip in history, but her connections are cool! Sarah Knox Taylor: The Army Brat Zachary Taylor was a forty-year career soldier who rose through the ranks. He was born in Virginia and raised … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Zachary Taylor
Tagged American history, Black Hawk War, Congressman Jefferson Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Margaret Taylor, General Zachary Taylor, history, Jefferson Davis, MArgaret Smith Taylor, President Zachary Taylor, Sarah Knox Taylor, Sarah Knox Taylor Davis, The elopement of Jefferson Davis, The First Mrs. Jefferson Davis, the Mexican War, US history, War with Mexico, White House history, Zachary Taylor
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Elliott Roosevelt: Theodore’s Brother, Eleanor’s Father.
Elliott Roosevelt is a sad footnote in history. His brother and his daughter are immortal. TR’s Younger Brother Elliott Roosevelt (1860-1894) was less than two years younger than his brother Theodore, sandwiched between two sisters in a prominent and well-to-do … Continue reading
Andrew Jackson and The Peggy Eaton Affair
Andrew Jackson came to Washington wearing a mourning band. His beloved wife Rachel had died only weeks before his inauguration in 1829. Jackson believed his sixty-one-year old wife was killed by the poisoned arrow of slander and calumny. (That she … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Margaret Eaton, Peggy Eaton, Peggy O'Neale TImberlake, President Andrew Jackson, Presidential history, Rachel Jackson, Senator John Eaton, the Peggy Eaton Affair, the Petticoat Affair, US history, VP John C. Calhoun, White House history
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“Prince” John Magruder: Confederate Showman
John B. Magruder was the Confederacy’s master showman whose tactics have gone down in history as the best flim-flam of the Civil War. John Bankhead Magruder: Virginia Soldier John Bankhead Magruder (1807-1871) was Virginia born and raised, University of Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Civil War, Civil War Battle of Yorktown, Civil War history, Civil War Siege of Yorktown, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George McClellan, General John B. Magruder, General Joseph E. Johnston, Geprge McClellan, history, John B. Magruder, John Magruder's maneuvers in Yorktown, Joseph E. Johnston, McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, Peninsula Campaign, US Civil War, US history
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Alice Roosevelt: TR’s Little Girl
The woman who would become the “other Washington Monument” had a tragic early childhood. Alice Lee Roosevelt: The Early Years Alice Lee Roosevelt (1884-1981) was born on February 13, 1884. The following day, February 14, her mother, also an Alice … Continue reading
Posted in Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged "Alice Blue", "The other Washington Monument", Alice Lee, Alice Lee Rosevelt, Alice Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, Alice Roosevelt as First Daughter, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American history, Anna Roosevelt Cowled, Auntie Bye Roosevelt, Edith Carow, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, Nicholas Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's sister Anna, TR's children, TR's daughter Alice, TR's first wife, TR's first wife Alice Lee, White House history
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Lincoya: Andrew Jackson’s Indian Son
Andrew Jackson, Indian fighter, with no love lost on his enemies, adopted a Creek Indian baby and raised him as his own. Andrew Jackson: Becoming the General At age forty, Andrew Jackson had been a major figure in Tennessee for … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Andrew Jackson, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Andrew Jackson's children, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Creek Indian Wars, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, General Andrew Jackson, history, Jackson's adopted son Lincoya, Lincoya Jackson, Nashville, President Andrew Jackson, Rachel Jackson, Rachel Jackson's children, The Hermitage, US history, War of 1812
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