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Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln and Sherman: Plugging the Hole
When Abraham Lincoln became President, he knew very little about the military. He learned quickly. The Bull Run Debacle The Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, was an eye-opener on many levels. The Union forces, mostly short term … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Civil War history, Colonel William T. Sherman, Feather Schwartz Foster, General William T. Sherman, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Senator John Sherman, The Battle of Bull Run, U.S. history, William T. Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman
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Martha Johnson Patterson: First Daughter
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 Abraham Lincoln, American history, Andrew Johnson, Andrew Johnson's daughters, Eliza Johnson, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Eliza Johnson, history, Lincoln's Assassination, Martha Johnson Patterson, Mary Johnson Stover, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Presidential hostess Martha Patterson, Presidential wives, Tennessee Senator Andrew Johnson, Tennessee Senator David Patterson, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson, White House history
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Appomattox Parole Perks
April 9, 1865 was arguably among the most important days in U.S. history. U.S. Grant: The Surrender The Civil War had dragged on for four long years, and the casualty count was in the hundreds of thousands and would go … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Court House NPS, Chief of Education Ernie Price, Civil War history, Confederate soldiers paroled at Appomattox, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Grant's Order #73, General Robert E. Lee, General U.S. Grant, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, terms of surrender at Appomattox, Transportation for paroled Confederates, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Visitors Services at Appomattox Court House
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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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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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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
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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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Mary Lincoln: The Last Sad Years
In late 1880, Mary Lincoln, no longer able to live on her own, left Europe and returned to live with her sister in Springfield, Illinois. She was sixty-one. The Widow Lincoln in Exile When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April, … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies history, history, Lewis Baker, Lincoln brother-im-law Ninian Edwards, Lincolniana, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln in Europe. Feather Schwartz Foster, Mary Lincoln's great-nephew Lewis Baker, Mary Lincoln's sister Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Todd Lincoln, Ninian Edwards Jr, Robert Lincoln, The Widow Lincoln, US history
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John Hay, TR and Lincoln’s Hair
John Hay had just graduated from Brown University when he met Abraham Lincoln. Hay and Lincoln John Hay (1838-1905) was the nephew of Milton Hay, an Illinois attorney and friend of Abraham Lincoln, nominated in 1860 as the Republican candidate … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People, Theodore Roosevelt
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's hair, American history, Asst. Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Benjamin Harrison, Charles Francis Adams, Civil Service Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, Feather Schwartz Foster, Henry Adams, history, John Hay, John Nicolay, Lincoln secretary John Hay, Lincoln's hair encased in a ring, Lincoln's White House, Nicolay and Hay, President Benjamin Harrison, President William McKinley, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Sagamore Hill, Secretary of State John Hay, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural, US history, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, White House history
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The White House New Year’s Day Reception
After two years in New York and ten years in Philadelphia, the capital of the country was moved to Washington at the very end of 1800. The Dismal Days Washington DC was just opening for business in late 1800, after … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Presidential Sites
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Black attendance at White House receptions, Feather Schwartz Foster, George Washington, Herbert Hoover, history, John Adams, Mary Lincoln, Negro attendance at White House receptions, New Year's Day 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Jackson, PResident George Washington, President Herbert Hoover, President John Adams, President Theodore Roosevelt, President Thomas Jefferson, Presidential history, Presidential open houses, The Emancipation Proclamation, The last white House New Year's Day reception, the White House New Year's Day receptions, Thomas Jefferson, US history, Washington DC history, White House history, White House public receptions
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The Lincolns and the Actors
Everyone knows about Abraham Lincoln’s brief run-in with John Wilkes Booth, but other Lincolns had life and death incidents involving theater folks. Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth came from a well regarded family of dramatic actors. His … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, Abraham Lincoln, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American actor Edwin Booth, American history, Edwin Booth, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, French Actress Sarah Bernhardt, history, John Wilkes Booth, Mary Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential families, Robert Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Sarah Bernhardt, The Lincoln assassination, The Widow Lincoln, US history
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