"Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories - a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller (excerpts) (1901) (14579945488)

Identifier: abelincolnsyar3369mccl (find matches)
Title: "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller (excerpts)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly), 1828-1909
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents
Publisher: Philadelphia : International Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library



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ROBERT E. LEE, who stands among the first of the mighty military commandersof genius the United States has yet produced, had a marvellously successful career until,first, he was beaten back at Gettysburg, and second, he found himself face to face withGrant. He had defeated McClellan in the Peninsula, Burnside at Fredericksburg andHooker at Chancellorsville, but Grant wore his army out in the battles beginning withthe Wilderness. General Lee was born in Virginia in 1807, was graduated from WestPoint in 1829, and died in 1870. He was of the same age at his death as General Grantwhen the latter died. (208)
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fc <^^^4m WARD HILL LAMON, Marshal of the District of Columbia while Lincoln wasPresident, and the man whose duty it was to guard the person of the Chief Magistrate, wasa^strange character. He was possibly the most intimate of the Presidents friends, makinghis home at the White House and having access to him at all hours of the day and night.President Lincoln had insisted upon Lamon going to Washington with him, telling himYou must go and go to stay. Just before the President was assassinated Lamon wentto Richmond, and before his departure begged the President not to expose himself, and,particularly, not to go to the theater. Lamon was a Virginian, and died in 1896. (99)