Full Moon gets partial blame for Gen. Jackson's death

[RJNorton]

Abraham Lincoln said he had an issue with mosquitos. Lincoln belittled his military service in the Black Hawk War during a speech in Congress on July 27, 1848. Basically Lincoln was saying his only battle was with the mosquitoes during that war. During the speech Lincoln was being critical of the "extravagant" claims made for the military heroism of Lewis Cass, the Democratic presidential candidate. Lincoln said, "If he saw any live, fighting Indians it was more than I did; but I had a good many bloody struggles with mosquitoes, and although I never fainted from loss of blood, I can truly say I was often very hungry."