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RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 09-23-2018 04:45 PM
Is he a person we (the average Lincoln/CW "nerd") "should" know? (Somehow in those old b/w pics almost everyone looks familiar, maybe due to less color, clothing and hairdo varieties.)
Was he a president of a company or an institution? Or a different country?
Does "no friend of Lincoln" mean unknown to, or enemy?
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 09-23-2018 06:24 PM
Birmingham Young?
RE: Who is this person? - L Verge - 09-23-2018 06:30 PM
If Eva means Brigham Young of the Mormon Church, then I agree with her.
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-23-2018 06:50 PM
Sorry, Eva and Laurie. Not Brigham Young.
An enemy of Lincoln would certainly be correct. As for president, thats tricky. Obviously not President with a capital 'P' of the USA. But he was president of an organisation (I think that's the best way to put it) of states.
Would Lincoln 'nerds' know him? Yes (although I only came across him by chance ... but then I'm not .... er, I'll let it go there).[attachment=2950]
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-23-2018 07:30 PM
Late? Its early here. This man was helpful to President Buchanan ... but much less helpful to the new administration.
RE: Who is this person? - Eva Elisabeth - 09-23-2018 07:45 PM
Breckinridge?
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-23-2018 07:53 PM
No, sorry Eva. But I can see where you're coming from.
That hint about theory and slavery ... it relates to a quote that this man is quite famous for.
RE: Who is this person? - Warren - 09-24-2018 03:47 PM
Just a quick stab - Judah P. Benjamin?
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-24-2018 05:11 PM
Warren, sorry. No its not Benjamin. But reading about him I can see he would have been a great choice for a question. What a character!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin
The man I have chosen was different to Benjamin in at least one major strategic way ... Benjamin came to the conclusion that slaves should be armed and used to fight for the South. My man was strongly opposed to that. Hence the "theory" quote about slavery.
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 09-24-2018 05:29 PM
Robert Hunter ?, a Secretary of State for the Confederate Gov't and later a Confederate Senator
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-24-2018 05:39 PM
No, Gene. Not Hunter ... but my man like Hunter was also Speaker of House of Reps at one stage.
This man had a plantation (destroyed by Sherman "Spare Nothing") near the town which was close to where short story writer Flannery O'Connor died.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 09-24-2018 05:59 PM
Thomas S. Bocock?
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-24-2018 06:04 PM
No, Roger. Our man was speaker of the U.S. House of Reps (not the Confederate)
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-24-2018 08:05 PM
It could be reasonably asserted that he preceded Jefferson Davis
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 09-25-2018 04:50 AM
This man is a character in the opera Appomattox