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Tag Archives: President Abraham Lincoln
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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The First Burial of Willie Lincoln
Willie Lincoln was 11 when he died in the White House. Willie. In December, 1850, ten months after his sickly four year old brother Edward Baker Lincoln died, William Wallace Lincoln was born. He was the third son born to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln’s son Willie, American history, Bud and Holly Taft, Dr. Phineas Gurley, Dr. William Wallace, Eddy Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckley, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, Lincoln friends Bud and Holly Taft, Lincoln secretary John Hay, Mary Lincoln, Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield IL, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, The personality and character of Willie Lincoln, The sons of Abraham Lincoln, US history, White House history, William Carroll's cemetery vault, William Wallace Lincoln, Willie Lincoln
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The Epiphany of Edwin M. Stanton
Stanton: The Basics Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-69), was Ohio born and raised, the son of a middle class physician and his wife. His father died when Edwin was only thirteen, leaving the family nearly destitute. Plagued by severe asthma, he … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Edwin Stanton, Feather Schwartz Foster, Gideon Welles, history, Pennsylvania Boss Simon Cameron, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Secretary of war Edwin M. Stanton, the character of Edwin Stanton, the early association of Stanton and Lincoln, The ironclad Monitor, US history, White House history
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Abraham Lincoln and the Christmas Turkey
All the Lincolns were very fond of animals. The Lincoln Family Pets In the mid-1850s, the Lincoln Family of Springfield, IL had a dog named Fido. He was likely what people would call a mutt, or a mixed breed, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Lady History, history, Lincoln pets, Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Sarah Josepha Hale, Sarah Josepha Hale sparks federal Thanksgiving, Tad Lincoln, Tad Lincoln's speech defect, US history, White House history, White House pets
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The Lincolns: A Tale of Two Stepmothers
Among the many commonalities between Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd was the sad memory of being motherless at an early age. Abraham Lincoln: Semi-orphaned at Nine Nancy Hanks Lincoln died of the milk sickness, said to be from poisonous grasses … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Betsey Humphreys, Betsey Humphreys Todd, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Ladies, First Ladies history, First Lady History, history, Mary Lincoln, Mary Lincoln's sister Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Presidential wives, Sarah Bush Johnston, Sarah Bush Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, US history, White House history
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G.P.A. Healy and the Portraits of Presidents
The Young Artist George Peter Alexander (usually known as G.P.A.) Healy was definitely born poor in 1813 to Irish immigrants in Boston. A bit late to his calling, he was sixteen when he first picked up a brush, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American artist G.P.A. Healy, American artist Jane Stuart, American history, Charles Willson Peale, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Sarah Polk, Former President John Q. Adams, G.P.A. Healy, GIlbert Stuart, Healy painting of The Peacemakers, history, King Louis Philippe of France, President Abraham Lincoln, President Andrew Jackson, President Chester Alan Arthur, President Franklin Pierce, President James Buchanan, President James K. Polk, President John Tyler, President Millard Fillmore, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, Robert Todd Lincoln, US history, White House history
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Grant and Lincoln at City Point
In 1864-5, City Point, VA briefly became the tenth largest city in the United States. Grant in the East On February 29, 1864, President Lincoln promoted General Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army – outranking everyone. Since Grant … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, City Point VA, Civil War, Civil War history, Eppes house in City Point VA, Feather Schwartz Foster, General George Meade, General Horace Porter, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Lincoln visits Petersburg VA, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Quartermaster General Rufus Ingalls, The siege of Petersburg, US Civil War, US history
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Lincoln Cousin: Dennis Hanks
It was a complicated and sometimes confusing kinship. Dennis Hanks: A Flotsam-Jetsam Childhood Dennis Friend Hanks (1799-1892) was the illegitimate son of Nancy Hanks – an aunt of another Nancy Hanks, Lincoln’s mother. Born in Hardin County, KY, a decade … Continue reading
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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Ball
The mood of the country was vastly different in 1865 than in 1861. The Difference Being… …(at least in general essence), that in 1861, the country was nervous and frightened. Several Southern states already seceded, and the tensions at South … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th President Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, American history, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Mary Lincoln, history, House Speaker Schuyler Colfax, Lincoln's Second Inaugural, Lincoln-Johnson Clubs, Mary Harlan, Mary Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert Lincoln, Senator Charles Sumner, The Patent Office in 1860, US history, White House guard William Crook, White House history
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