Lincoln Stuff at Auction

From the January 30, 2022, Chicago Tribune advertisement of Heritage Auctions.

Americana & Political Auction:  February 12-13, 2022

**  Handwritten letter from Abraham Lincoln to the Army of the Potomac after the Union disaster at the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Opening bid: $250,000.

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**  Abraham Lincoln:  His personal example of his iconic portrait bust by Leonard Volk, presented to him by the sculptor himself.

Opening bid:  $100,000.

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**  Abraham Lincoln Assassination John Wilkes Booth:  $100,000 Reward Poster issued by the U.S. War Department, April 20, 1865.

Opening bid:  $40,000.

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**  Abraham Lincoln:  Exquisite Pocket Knife Presented to the President at the 1864 Philadelphia Sanitary Fair.

Opening bid:  $120,000.

Get Yer Lincoln Stuff Here.  --Old Secesh

McHenry County CW Round Table Discussion Group Meets Sat., July 24

The McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group will be meeting Saturday, July 24 at Panera Bread in Crystal Lake, Illinois, at the corner of Main Street and US-Highway 14 (Northwest Highway).

And, even better, IT IS IN PERSON.  None of that Zoom stuff.

The time is 10 a.m. to noon.

The topic:

The Lincoln Conspirators.

All welcome, even non-members, so if you have an interest in the war and especially the Lincoln assassination, be there.

Should Mary Surratt have been executed?

Come On By.  --Old Secesh

Strange Coincidences Between the Kennedy and Lincoln Assassinations-- Part 2

1.  Andrew Johnson, who replaced Lincoln, was born in 1808.

2.  Lyndon Johnson, who replaced Kennedy, was born in 1908.

3.  John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

4.  Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1938.

5.  Both assassins were known by three names.

6.  Both names are composed of 15 letters.

7.  Lincoln was assassinated in a theatre named "Ford."

8.  Kennedy was shot in a car "Lincoln" that was made by "Ford."

9.  Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse (well, barn).

10.  Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin hid in a theatre.

11.  Both Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

Things That Make You Go Hmmmmnnn.  --Old Secesh

Strange Coincidences Between the Lincoln and Kennedy Assassinations-- Part 1

From the March 2011 Historical News, State of North Carolina: Edgecombe, Nash, Wayne and Wilson Counties.

I knew some of these facts, but not others, but there are a lot of coincidences between the assassinations of the two presidents.

1.  Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, John F. Kennedy in 1946.

2.  Lincoln was elected president in 1860, Kennedy in 1960.

3.  Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

4.  Both lost children while living in the White House.

5.  Both presidents were shot on a Friday.

6.  Both were shot in the head.

7.  Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy,  Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

8. Both were assassinated by Southerners

9.. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

More to Come.  --Old Secesh