Friday, October 24, 2014

Ebola in NY/ Civil War History





Missoulian: This Week in the Civil War
The Monitor and the Merrimac - 2
“As this French engraving attests, the battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac––the first encounter of ironclads––made news around the world. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress”
Lincoln, Grant, and the 1864 Election
“"Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible." These determined words of advice were given to General Grant as reassurance and approval of his costly plans for defeat of the Confederate army from a war-weary President Lincoln, just months before the 1864 presidential election that seemed unwinnable at the time.”

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