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  • #1

    Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

    Was today 2/12. He sure perservered.

    YEAR FAILURES
    1832 Lost job. Defeated for state legislature
    1833 Failed in business
    1835 Sweetheart died
    1836 Had nervous breakdown
    1838 Defeated for Speaker
    1843 Defeated for nomination for Congress
    1846 Elected to Congress
    1848 Lost renomination
    1849 Rejected for land officer
    1854 Defeated for U.S. Senate
    1856 Defeated for nomination for Vice President
    1858 Again defeated for U.S. Senate
    1860 Elected President
    Jerry Holmes
    28th GA. Inf
    65th GA. Inf (GGG-Grandfather)
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    Re: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

    The sinks is deffinately the appropriate place for this type of lost causer post...
    Troy Groves "AZReenactor"
    1st California Infantry Volunteers, Co. C

    So, you think that scrap in the East is rough, do you?
    Ever consider what it means to be captured by Apaches?

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      Re: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

      Let us not forget...

      ... he had little-to-no formal education but still became a successful lawyer and politician.
      ... all the court cases he won.
      ... the fact he won the debate with Douglas.
      ... his legendary eloquence despite the fact he had a relatively poor speaking voice.
      ... his physical strength which was genuine.
      ....the fact that he won re-election in 1864 (thanks in no small part to the Union soldiers who voted for him.)
      ... that fact that he won the war.

      Happy Birthday, Sir. May God Bless President Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator and Savior of the Union!
      [B]Bill Carey[/B]
      [I]He is out of bounds now. He rejoices in man's lovely,
      peculiar power to choose life and die—
      when he leads his black soldiers to death,
      he cannot bend his back. [/I] - Robet Lowell, [I]For the Union Dead[/I]

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        Re: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

        Originally posted by AZReenactor View Post
        The sinks is deffinately the appropriate place for this type of lost causer post...
        I'm not sure this was motivated by "lost causer" mentality. It demonstrates that Lincoln could handle failure and criticism - he could never have seen the war through otherwise. His flexibility and open mindedness led to the turning point of the war - New Orleans. While the Confederate command and political machine couldn't conceive of an attack on that city from the sea and wouldn't listen to voices that warned (such as Lovell), Lincoln listened to his Naval experts. He allowed the planned attack to go forward, even though none of this scale had been successfully attempted before. The resulting capture was as much Lincoln's victory as Farragut's. While we tended to deify him later and obscure his true character, he was still a remarkable man in all respects. Happy Birthday Abe!
        [COLOR=Blue][SIZE=4][FONT=Verdana]Bob Dispenza[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
        [COLOR=Navy]US Naval Landing Party ([url]www.usnlp.org)[/url][/COLOR]
        [COLOR=SeaGreen]Navy and Marine Living History Association ([url]www.navyandmarine.org)[/url][/COLOR]

        "The publick give credit for feat of arms, but the courage which is required for them, cannot compare with that which is needed to bear patiently, not only the thousand annoyances but the total absence of everything that makes life pleasant and even worth living." - Lt. Percival Drayton, on naval blockade duty.

        "We have drawn the Spencer Repeating Rifle. It is a 7 shooter, & a beautiful little gun. They are charged to us at $30.00. 15 of which we have to pay."
        William Clark Allen, Company K, 72nd Indiana Volunteers, May 17, 1863

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          Re: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday

          Look up 'Perseverance' in your dictionary. That's what the post was about and to recognize his b'day. Instead of resorting to name calling.

          Originally posted by AZReenactor View Post
          The sinks is deffinately the appropriate place for this type of lost causer post...
          Jerry Holmes
          28th GA. Inf
          65th GA. Inf (GGG-Grandfather)

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          • #6
            It's sad

            That a discussion of a pivotal person is American history by so called living historians can result in this thread.
            Mike "Dusty" Chapman

            Member: CWT, CVBT, NTHP, MOC, KBA, Stonewall Jackson House, Mosby Heritage Foundation

            "I would have posted this on the preservation folder, but nobody reads that!" - Christopher Daley

            The AC was not started with the beginner in mind. - Jim Kindred

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