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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
8
A passenger steamer charted a course with Abe at the helm as far as the New Salem dam where a section was torn away to allow passage. The craft pressed on to Bogue's mill before the rapidly falling river forced the captain to turn downstream to avoid being stranded for the season.
In spring 1432 Abe Lincoln becomes captain of a Illinois volunteers unit under General Whiteside during the Black Hawk War. The narrative covers his selection, early discipline issues, Stillman’s defeat, hardships, mutiny among troops, Lincoln's leadership actions, and his reputed wrestling feats and character as a peacemaker in New Salem.
The narrative recounts Abraham Lincoln teaming with George W. Harrison in the Independent Spy company during frontier tensions in 1832. It details their tasks carrying messages, scouting, and battles at Gratiot's Grove, plus Lincoln's pursuit of English grammar and study under the Springfield schoolmaster and storekeeper in New Salem.
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