“After a few words of greeting, [Mrs. Lincoln] took my mother aside and talked with her for a moment. While I could not hear their conversation, I knew someway that they were talking about my mother’s bonnet and I was a bit puzzled at the look of amazement on my mother’s face....
Abraham Lincoln Wins 1864 Presidential Election Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination Abraham Lincoln Quotes Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, was elected 16th president of the United States in November 1860, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Linco...
As the 1864 election approached, the prospect that Pres. Abraham Lincoln would gain a second term was very much in doubt. The war between the North and the South had persisted longer than many had anticipated, and the Union army’s efforts in early 1864 provided little hope for an expeditio...
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ... and the Attempted Assassination of William H. Seward, Secretary of State, and Frederick W. Seward, Assistant Secretary, on the Evening of the 14th of April, 1865. Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy Inspired by的书评 ··· ( 全部0 条 ) 论坛 ·...
Lincoln, who decided to leave his dog Fido home in Springfield, Ill., when he was elected president, was given an unexpected gift of two kittens from Secretary of State William Seward. The president doted on the cats, which he namedTabbyandDixie, so much that he once fed Tabby from the...
翻译几篇英语短文 [外语]1 Few can refuse to accept the strange coincidences (巧合) in the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln. For example, Kennedy was elected in 1960 while Lincoln came into power in the U.S. in 1860. Both men were murdered from behind, on a Friday, and ...