Lincoln Statue in Norway Funded/Dedicated by North Dakotans

[Jim Page]

Welcome Rita. How exciting to have a relative, Smith Stimmel, who was chosen in 1863 to be one of a Company of 100 men to to be known as the Lincoln bodyguard. You can read his "Personal Remembrances of Lincoln," here for free.
https://archive.org/details/personalreminisc00stim There's also a copy on Amazon but it's a bit pricey at $85 hardcover.

Thanks for that link, Anita; I downloaded and read that book tonight. Most interesting. The battle of Fort Stevens was especially vivid as related by Sgt. Stimmel. That little fort is just inside the District of Columbia border, near what is now Takoma Park, Maryland; only a few miles from my house.

--Jim