A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... Lincoln was shot . When the movers heard the news they unhooked the horses and left the house right in the road . Out of reverence for Lincoln ... وو Tobey , as was the case with a great many people in the vicinity , worked " on the ...
... Lincoln was shot . When the movers heard the news they unhooked the horses and left the house right in the road . Out of reverence for Lincoln ... وو Tobey , as was the case with a great many people in the vicinity , worked " on the ...
Page 44
... Lincoln's first vice- president , whom Wentworth had served as chief of staff when Hamlin was Governor of Maine ... Stephen A. Douglas , for whom a household cat , in no disrespect , was named . . . and others high in the political ...
... Lincoln's first vice- president , whom Wentworth had served as chief of staff when Hamlin was Governor of Maine ... Stephen A. Douglas , for whom a household cat , in no disrespect , was named . . . and others high in the political ...
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... Lincoln and everybody else . The only justification for the award was the joint resolution which Lincoln himself had signed in 1862 providing for awards for bravery in action " and other soldier - like qualities ” — and even this ...
... Lincoln and everybody else . The only justification for the award was the joint resolution which Lincoln himself had signed in 1862 providing for awards for bravery in action " and other soldier - like qualities ” — and even this ...
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