Welcome To The Abraham Lincoln Blog!
Welcome to the newest Abraham Lincoln blog. As the heading states, the purpose of this blog is to provide a repository of facts, anecdotes, and even trivia about the 16th…
Little Known Story About Lincoln's In-laws Fighting For The Confederacy
The casual student of Lincoln probably doesn’t realize that many of his wife’s family members fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. This article describes in brief detail some…
The Lincoln Funeral Train Carving By An American Master
At the Warther Museum in the small northeastern Ohio town of Dover, visitors can view masterpiece scale-replica carvings of famous trains from American history. Ernest “Mooney” Warther was both an…
Second Letter To Lincoln Found From Girl Who Suggested His Beard
Seems that Grace Beddell, the little 11 year old girl who wrote to Lincoln and suggested he grow a beard, wrote to him again in 1864. The second letter was…
How Lincoln Saved The World?
There is an intriguing new book soon to be published by Michael Knox Beran, titled “Forge Of Empires 1861-1871: Three Revolutionary Statesmen and The World They Made” in which he…
Anniversary Of Lincoln's 1860 Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected to his first term as President of the United States on November 6, 1860. His running mate was Hannibal Hamlin of Maine. Lincoln faced three other…
Mary Todd Lincoln at The National First Ladies' Library and Museum
Abraham Lincoln scholars and researchers have long been almost as fascinated by his troubled relationship and marriage with Mary Todd Lincoln as much as by Lincoln himself. Innumerable books have…
1864 Presidential Election
On November 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected to a second term as President of the United States. His running mate was Andrew Johnson, U.S. Senator from Tennessee. Johnson bitterly…
Did Lincoln Have Cancer?
UPDATE: Eighteen months after this original posting, the cardiologist I discuss below is back in the news. John Sotos is now seeking to borrow a piece of fabric from a…
Lincoln Celebration At The Kennedy Center
As my regular readers know by now, I was treated to a special “Lincoln Weekend” in Washington, D.C. a couple of weeks ago by my wife as a Christmas gift.…