If you attended elementary school in the United States, you probably already know the basic facts about Abraham Lincoln, but what we learned from our social studies textbooks was far more honest than Abe's. For example, history teachers often fail to mention this, with Lincoln presumably suffering from depression as well as a disorder that made him so tall and lean that he was supposed to send free slaves to Africa Used to go, and had a very comic sense.
Lincoln's Early Years
Illinois calls itself the "Land of Lincoln," but Abraham Lincoln was born in a small log cabin in Kentucky, near Hodville. When young Abe was seven years old, his father lost a lot of his land in a title dispute, and the family moved to Perry County, Indiana. Shortly thereafter, when Lincoln was nine years old, his mother succumbed to a mysterious disease "milk sickness" that passed through the Ohio River Valley in the early 1800s. It was later determined that many cows in the area had eaten white sinks, adding poison to their milk, but at that time no one could tell how Nancy Lincoln died.
Abraham Lincoln US Patent 6,469 Tag.
He had some interesting hobbies
In 1848, the steamboat on which Lincoln was coming home from Washington, was engulfed in shallow water and had to help take off the ship, so that it could be freed from low shoals. He must have been really annoyed by this, as he decided to design a system of air chambers that could be attached to the sides of ships to keep them in shallow water. In 1849, Lincoln applied and received a patent for his invention, patent number 6,469. He remains the only US President to get a patent.
He may not have seen it, but Lincoln was incredibly strong, a trait he used (in addition to his long limbs) to become a skilled wrestler in his youth. Out of more than 300 matches, he lost only one. According to legend, Lincoln was once so hypnotized after a victory that he taunted the crowd, "If any of you want to give it a try, shake your horns!" No one took him up on the offer, and although Lincoln had a short wrestling career, he earned a spot in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Site of the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago.
His politics was not always immoral
He may be remembered today as one of the most beloved political leaders in American history, but not everyone loved Lincoln in his time. In fact, he failed in both his campaigns for a seat in the US Senate. To be fair, during his second bid in 1858, his rival Stephen Douglas used dubious tactics to get votes, even trading alcohol for him.
Not-so-honest Abe decided that the two could play in that game, and during his presidential campaign, he secretly bought a German-language newspaper that was popular among immigrants and the editors sought to secure the immigrant vote. Instructed to run favorable articles about them. Supporters of Lincoln's campaign also raided thousands of fake tickets at the Republican convention so that it was packed with his supporters.
But perhaps Lincoln's most controversial move concerns one of his most praised: the Declaration of Salvation. Many people do not realize that the decree that freed America's slaves did not go so far as to grant them citizenship, and this is because Lincoln struggled to imagine that they were the national fabric of society How will fit in In an 1854 speech, he suggested, "They are like a foreign group who have been uprooted from their own society and unjustly brought across the seas. Send them back to Africa."
Lincoln's hands at the National Museum of American History.
He Joked
The popular modern notion of Abraham Lincoln is that of a serious, studious president, but Lincoln also had a terrible sense of humor. He loved Match Win and often used comedy as he often lightened up serious business, in which he was often busy. His jokes could also be quite suggestive. For example, Lincoln loved telling the story of a young farm boy running to his father and said, "Pa, come quickly, the hired hands and Sis are in the swing above, he's a pullin under his pants," She's a -liftin 'her skirt, and pa, they're all fine' The father replied, "Son, you may find your facts absolutely right, but you have drawn a completely wrong conclusion." Of the Civil War, Lincoln Once mentioned, "No matter how many cats fight, there are always kittens."
Although they may indicate more erotic controversy than we imagined, Lincoln's jokes were probably a mechanism to deal with his incredible depression. During his presidency, Lincoln was often described as "indifferent", crying openly in public, and a hobby for passionate poetry. He called the world a "serious, sadly difficult place" and even contemplated suicide when he was a teenager. This was not his only health problem: it is possible that Lincoln was suffering from Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disorder that allows the patient's bones to grow longer than they should. Marfan's patients are unusually tall and thin, like Lincoln, with unusually long fingers.
Edwin Booth with his daughter Edwina, c. 1864.
His death was strange than you think
A few hours before he went to the theater to see our American cousins, the last decision he made, Lincoln formed the Secret Service. Why were they not there to deal with John Wilkes Booth? For one thing, the organization would not actually last for a few months, but its original purpose was not to protect the leaders of the free world but to suppress fake currency. This led to two more presidential assassinations for the Secret Service realizing that their talents could be better used elsewhere.
In a strange coincidence, a few months before his brother assassinated the president, Edwin Booth saved Lincoln's son's life. On a crowded train platform in Jersey City, 21-year-old Robert Todd Lincoln fell into the path of an oncoming train, but before the worst could happen, Edwin Booth rushed downstairs to pull him to safety. Like his brother, Edwin Booth was a well-known actor, so young Lincoln was both grateful and not a little starstruck. In another chilling incident, Ford's theater collapsed in 1892, killing 22 people during Edwin Booth's funeral.
