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The Ancient One, [71] a nickname favored by White House insiders because of his "ancient wisdom". Grand Wrestler, Abraham was great at wrestling and only had one recorded loss [72] The Great Emancipator [73] and The Liberator [74] for the emancipation of the slaves. The Rail-Splitter [69]
Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated. ... First president to use a nickname (Jimmy) in an official capacity. [363 ...
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
John Lincoln gave 210 acres of prime Virginia land to his first son, Captain Abraham Lincoln (1744–1786), [5] [7] a veteran of the American Revolutionary War.In 1770, Abraham married Bathsheba Herring (c. 1742–1836), who was born in Rockingham County, Virginia.
Apple TV+’s limited series Manhunt dramatizes the twelve-day search for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Everyone knows the president was killed by the famous actor a few ...
An illustration of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, in the presidential booth at Ford's Theatre. Left to right: assassin John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone. As the American Civil War ended, Mrs. Lincoln expected to continue as the First Lady of a nation at peace ...
In “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer. The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and ...
By Christian Nilsson, HuffPost Live producer Wednesday is the 150th anniversary of the death of President Abraham Lincoln, and while most Americans know the history of his assassination, many aren ...