From Percy S. Sinclair December 20 , 1864 , near Savannah , Ga .; ALS , DLC - JP . Captain and provost marshal of 60th N.Y. Volunteers , his health “ greatly impaired ” after two and one - half years of “ tough & hardy ” service , seeks ...
The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1865-January 1866
Thomas ( first Sr. and then Jr. ) Hardeman and Ovid G. Sparks were large cotton warehouse owners ; John B. Ross and Son ( William H. Ross ) were dry goods merchants ; and James W. Knott and probably Orvin Howes were cotton brokers .
The Papers of Andrew Johnson
96; charles Bracelen flood, Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won The Civil War, new York: farrar, straus & giroux ... 4:514 (March 30, 1867), as re- printed from the Worcester (MA) Spy; w. sherman to J. sherman, february 23, 1866, ...
Later in the day Booth wrote a letter to Coyle and gave it to the actor John Matthews, a friend of Coyle's, to be delivered the following day for publication in the Intelligencer. After he heard about the assassination, Matthews read ...
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Andrew Johnson
In this new book, Paul H. Bergeron, a respected Johnson scholar, brings a new perspective on this often vilified figure. Previous books have judged Johnson out of the context of his times or through a partisan lens.
While it is commonly known that Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached, less well known are the circumstances that led to the unsuccessful campaign to remove him from office.