“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” This simple sentence was spoken on November 19, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln when he gave the now-famous Gettysburg Address and it reminds us of how...
Samuel J. Seymour was present at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865, the night that President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Samuel J. Seymour was born on March 28th, 1860, in Maryland, United States. He was five years old when his father took him...
In 1865, Good Friday, the day that commemorates Christ’s crucifixion, fell on April 14th. As we all know, Abraham Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. He died on Saturday, April 15th, and the nation mourned his death on Easter...
One advantage of having a long commute is the ability to listen to audiobooks. One book I received is The Hour of Peril by Daniel Stashower. I listened to this book as an audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini. According to the author: Daniel...
Voting for President during the Civil War In November 1864 Abraham Lincoln was running for reelection against his former top Civil War general, the Democratic candidate, George B. McClellan. Interestingly, since the 1864 election occurred during the Civil War,...
