Last Civil War Veterans of Jackson County Event

Cemeteries--Ohio--Jackson County

This event, sponsored by the Jackson County Historical Society on Memorial Day weekend 2011, honored the last the last Confederate and Union Veterans from Jackson County Ohio. The photographs show the placement of wreaths at the graves of Barak Chase, the last Union veteran (who is buried at Evergreen Cemetery), and Abrose Workman, the last Confederate veteran (buried at Ridgewood Cemetery). The event featured Bob Ervin, who portrayed Abraham Lincoln. At each grave, Lewis placed a wreath and gave a short speech (most of which was taken from the Gettysburg address), which honored the individual soldier and all those who served.

Aaron Booth, photographer.

Aaron Booth

Memorial Day Weekend 2011

Aaron Booth

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Jackson County (Ohio)

Abraham Lincoln to Unknown, April 14, 1865

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Bruce Steiner of South Amherst, Ohio purchased this note at a flea market in Ashtabula, Ohio. The note reads "Let this man enter with this note. A. Lincoln April 14, 1865," the date of Lincoln's assassination. The man mentioned by Lincoln is, unfortunately, unknown. Steiner contacted the Papers of Abraham Lincoln Associate Director John Lupton who found that, although sloppy, the handwriting was similar to Lincoln's such as the way he crossed his t's in a semi-circle pattern. The pen strokes of the date are also identical to other letters written by the president. In April 2007, the document was added to the Papers of Abraham Lincoln database.

Abraham Lincoln

Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield (OH)

Bruce Steiner of South Amherst (OH)

Lincoln Editor, July - Sept. 2009, Vol. 9, Number 3, The Quarterly Newsletter of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/NewsletterPDFs/EDITOR33.pdf

Lincoln Editor, The Quarterly Newsletter of Abraham Lincoln, http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/NewsletterPDFs/EDITOR33.pdf

April 14, 1865

Kristina Kuehling

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The old bull dog on the right track

McClellan, George B., presidential candidate.

McClellan, George Brinton,--1826-1885

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a bulldog wearing a collar labeled "Lieut. General" and epaulets, sits pugnaciously on the tracks of the "Weldon Railroad," a Confederate supply route. He looks to Republican presidential incumbent Abraham Lincoln and boasts, "I'm bound to take it." Grant refers to the city of Richmond, here represented by a doghouse, in which cowers Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Davis, flanked by his own generals Lee (left) and Beauregard, remarks, "You aint got this kennel yet old fellow!" Several other dogs hide behind the house. At far left a dwarf-like McClellan asks the president, ". . . don't you think you had better call the old dog off now. I'm afraid he'll hurt those other dogs, if he catches hold of them." Lincoln answers, "Why little Mac thats the same pack of curs, that chased you aboard of the Gunboat two years ago, they are pretty nearly used up now. I think its best to give the old bull dog full swing to go in and finish them!" Lincoln refers to McClellan's failure to counterattack during the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862. (See "The Gunboat Candidate at the Battle of Malvern Hill," no. 1864-17.) In contrast, Grant aggressively advanced his army toward Richmond, hoping to force a decisive battle.

Currier & Ives

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a11376 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a11376

Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-18.

ca. 1864

Michelle Epps

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