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Fate Weaving Lincoln Shields and Baker into Destiny
A expansive narrative traces Abraham Lincoln, James Shields, and Edward D. Baker from births in Ireland, England, and Kentucky through early careers, duels, and Civil War service. It follows how fate binds their paths across Illinois politics, Mexican War, and national leadership, culminating in Lincoln’s presidency and their wartime fates.
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Hardin County
Kentucky
Tom Lincoln
Tom
Abraham
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Shields
Altmore House
Castle Shane
County Tyrone
Battle of the Boyne
James II of
England
James
Poe Cotn
Abraham Lincoln
James Shields
Ed. Aard Dickinson Baker
Ilinois
Vandalia
State Capitol
Sangamon
Abe
Ned
Springfield
Randolph County
Illinois Supreme Court
Baker
Congress
Supreme Court
General Land Office
Washington
Lincoln
United States
Mexico
Fishman
Land Office
Illinois
Rio Grande
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Cerro Gordo
Edward D. Baker
Oregon
Polk
Taylor
Minnesota
Stephen A. Douglas
Senate
Douglas
California
Colonel Baker
Republican Party
United States Senate
South Carolina
Union
Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter
Edward Baker
Ball's Bluff
Virginia
Ford
Philadelphia
Ohio River
Little Pigeon Creek
Indiana
Gangling
Sarah Bush Johnston
America
New Orleans
Macon County
Denton Offutt
Offutt
New Salem
Black Hawk