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Category Archives: Lincoln
Lincoln Assassination Resources
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal Due to the reconfiguration of this blog, here are the links to the stories on Frederick Aiken, Mary Surratt and the Lincoln Assassination, for your convenience. Frederick Aiken Biography Frederick Aiken The Attorney … Continue reading
Copper thieves steal sword at Lincoln tomb
CHICAGO (AFP) — Thieves have snatched a copper sword from the burial site of president Abraham Lincoln, one of the most revered leaders in US history, local media reported. The roughly three-foot (90-centimeter) sword was brandished by the statue of … Continue reading
Posted in Graves, Lincoln
Tagged grave robbing, Illinois, Lincoln Assassination, President Abraham Lincoln, Springfield
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Northampton Community College celebrates opening of Civil War exhibit
By Sara K. Satullo | The Express-Times A crowd quickly developed around Brian Alnutt as he guided visitors through the Civil War exhibit on loan toNorthampton Community College. Alnutt is an assistant professor of history at the college and was acting … Continue reading
In Memory: Senator Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-1861)
Edward Baker was born in London, England. his family moved to the United States in 1815, and Baker spent the next ten years of his life in Philadelphia before his family moved to Indiana and then Illinois. While still a … Continue reading
150 Years Ago: Battle of Ball’s Bluff Oct. 21, 1861
Ball’s Bluff was a small battle by the standards of the Civil War, but it had ramifications far beyond its size. It was only the second significant battle in the east, and received a great deal of attention in both … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Battlefield Preservation, Casualties, Cemeteries, Commemoration, Graves, Lincoln, Maryland, This Date in Civil War History, This Week in the Civil War
Tagged Balls Bluff, Edward Baker, General Charles P. Stone, General George B. McClellan, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, President Abraham Lincoln, Virginia
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Spielberg to film ‘Lincoln’ scenes in Richmond
By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. – The Capitol of Virginia, onetime seat of the Confederacy, is being converted for a few weeks more in keeping with how it looked at the close of the Civil War — for … Continue reading
Gettysburg Address text
On this date 148 years ago, the final battle, forever known as Pickett’s Charge, occurred at Gettysburg, Pa. Even though the speech was not given until November 1863, it is still important, during this Civil War Sesquicentennial, to take a … Continue reading
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Tagged Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Grace Bedell, Lincoln, Pennsylvania
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The Lincoln Assassination: New research unravels old myths
By Jeffrey S. Williams Concordia University-St. Paul, Minn. Written for Dr. David Woodard’s “Readings in American History” class - April 2011. The Northern States were celebrating the end of the Civil War when President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s … Continue reading
Posted in Assassination, Books, Booth, Frederick Aiken, Lincoln
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The Surprising Global Reach of Lincoln
The Great Emancipator has been invoked by activists and idealists of every stripe, on every continent By RICHARD CARWARDINE, Wall Street Journal With the arrival last month of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Americans have been … Continue reading
Rare Aiken Letter for sale
Democrat attorney encouraged John C. Fremont to challenge Lincoln in 1864 election A rare 1864 letter by Frederick Aiken, the attorney who later represented Mary Surratt in her Lincoln Assassination conspiracy trial, is up for sale by Seth Kaller Historic … Continue reading
Posted in 1864, Frederick Aiken, Letters, Lincoln
Tagged 1864, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Aiken, John C. Fremont, letters, Presidential Campaign, Seth Kaller
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