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Tag Archives: Lincoln’s Assassination
Dr. Charles Leale: Forgotten Hero of Ford’s Theater
Ford’s Theater: April 14, 1865 Enjoying a pleasant night out, Abraham and Mary Lincoln and their guests attended a comedy at Ford’s Theater. Around 10:30 p.m. a shot rang out in the Presidential Box, and a scream was heard. Within … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Butler's Commission on the Assassination of Lincoln, Dr. Charles Augustus Leale, Dr. Charles Leale, Dr. R.K. Stone, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, Ford's Theater, history, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's attending physician, Lincoln's physician R.K. Stone, Major Henry Rathbone, Mary Lincoln, Presidential history, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Peterson House, US history, White House history
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The Booths: Collateral Damage
The Booth Brothers While Junius Brutus Booth Sr., the patriarch of the illustrious acting family had long been dead, three of his sons reached genuine stardom in the days preceding the Lincoln assassination. Junius Brutus, Jr. (the eldest) was considerably … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American actor Edwin Booth, American history, Asia Booth Clarke, Assassin John Wilkes Booth, Booth family of Shakespearean actors, Edwin Booth, Feather Schwartz Foster, history, John Wilkes Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother Edwin, John Wilkes Booth's brother Junius Brutus, John Wilkes Booth's brother-in-law John Clarke, John Wilkes Booth's mother Mary Ann, John Wilkes Booth's sister Asia, Junius Brutus Booth, Junius Brutus Booth Jr, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Ann Holmes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln, presidential assassin, Presidential history, Shakespearean actor Edwin Booth, The assassination of Lincoln, US history
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Robert Todd Lincoln: The Legacy
Robert Todd Lincoln was just 21 when his father was assassinated. The Responsibility of Robert Only hours before Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, the President spent a little time with his oldest son, on leave from the Army following Lee’s surrender at … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln II, American history, David Davis, Feather Schwartz Foster, Herbert Putnam LOC Librarian, history, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Justice David Davis, Library of Congress, Licoln Collection at the Library of Congress, Lincoln Memorial dedication, Lincoln's private correspondence, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's Secretaries, Mary Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Robert Lincoln's accomplishments, Robert T. Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, the Lincoln Papers, US history, White House history
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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
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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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The Plot to Assassinate General Grant
General Grant was one of John Wilkes Booth’s targets on April 14, 1865. This is Julia Grant’s story, penned some 35 years after it occurred, and not known to the general public for more than a century. April 14, 1865 … Continue reading
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Tagged "The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant", Abraham Lincoln, American history, Booth accomplice O'Laughlin, Civil War history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady Mary Lincoln, Ford's Theater, General Grant, General Rawlins, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, John Wilkes Booth, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Grant, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Lincoln, Michael O'Laughlin, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grfant, President Abraham Lincoln, President Lincoln, Presidential history, Secretary of State William Seward, The Hero of Appomatttox, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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General Grant Saves General Lee
On April 9, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant became the most popular man in America. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House Civil War Victory: The Euphoria The news was instantaneously carried by telegraph wire across the country – North … Continue reading
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Tagged American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, Lee surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's funeral train, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, Secretary of State William Seward, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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The Polarizing Mrs. Lincoln
Mrs. Lincoln is never viewed in neutral. You either love her or hate her. Some historians evaluate Mary Todd Lincoln as a termagant who made Lincoln’s life a misery. Some claim she is one of the most misunderstood characters … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, Katherine Helm, Lincoln's Assassination, Mary Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, nineteenth century Americans, Presidential wives, William Herndon
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