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ten postwar presidents appointed former Confederates to serve the reunited nation as Supreme Court justices

from soldiers’ advocate Clara Barton and African American leader and Lincoln critic-turned-admirer Frederick Douglass (who called the speech “a sacred effort”) to conflicted actor John Wilkes Booth―all swirling around the complex figure of Lincoln

With each chapter describing a particular influence

Sickles used his connections with President Lincoln to obtain a prominent command in the Army of the Potomac’s Third Corps—despite having no military experience

Lafayette at Brandywine: The Making of an American Hero (Bruce E. Mowday - WH) replica ten postwar presidents appointed formerAmerica's first international hero, the Marquis Lafayette, risked his life and spent his fortune in the fight for American independence from England. Without Lafayette and the assistance of France, America would never have been victorious during the American Revolution. While being celebrated in America in the 18th and 19th century including a grand American tour that lasted more than a year Lafayette's heroic deeds are fading from America's