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Tag Archives: George Nicolay
REMEMBER ELLSWORTH!
At this point in the sesquicentennial celebration of the American Civil War–mid-1864– historians and buffs are thinking about casualty numbers in the hundreds of thousands, often tens of thousands per battle. Was Union General Ulysses S. Grant a butcher to … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Holidays, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Monuments, Personalities, Politics, Sesquicentennial
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Elmer Ellsworth, Fire Zouaves, George Nicolay, Meg Thompson Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, Memory, President Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, Sesquicentennial, Willie Lincoln.
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Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image, by Joshua Zeitz
I was on the list at Amazon for immediate delivery of Lincoln’s Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln’s Image when publication occurred, and to say I was excited is an understatement. John Hay and John George … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civilian, Memory, Personalities, Ties to the War
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Elmer Ellsworth, George Nicolay, Hay, John George Nicolay, John Hay, John Nicolay, Joshua Zeitz, Lincoln, Lincoln's secretaries, Memory, Robert Lincoln
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And before 2013 ends, the #10 book Every Civil War Buff Ought To Own . . . Gore Vidal’s Lincoln: A Novel
Part of a Series: Books Every Civil War Buff Ought to Own The main reason this series has taken so long is that I knew there should be a Lincoln biography on the list. Which one, however, is a huge … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors, Civil War Events, Civilian, Emerging Civil War Series, Holidays, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Ties to the War
Tagged Abe Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, Books Every Civil War Buff Ought to Own, Elmer Ellsworth, George Nicolay, Gore Vidal, Jhn Hay, Lincoln
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Days Of Wine & Politics!
Yesterday’s post, “WeedPAC & the FOS,” introduced the players in the events of the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Each man, in his own way, worked to elect Abraham Lincoln, but it was by no means an easy task. … Continue reading
WeedPAC & the FOS (Friends of Seward)
Lincoln’s greatest challenge in Chicago was the U. S. senator from New York, William Seward. Experienced, and well financed by the nascent “machine” of Thurlow Weed, the leading New York political operative, Seward seemed to be the most qualified candidate … Continue reading
I Thought the Civil War Was Our National Pastime!
I see great things in baseball. It’s our game, the American game. It has the snap, go, fling, of the American atmosphere – belongs as much to our institutions, fits into them as significantly, as our constitutions, laws: is just … Continue reading
A Curious Case of the Measles
We are glad to welcome Meg Thompson as a guest author today. Meg currently teaches at Brownell Middle School, named for E. E. Brownell, a California educator who was named for Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and is related to Corporal Francis … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Elmer Ellsworth, George Nicolay, John Hay, Lincoln, militia, zouaves
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