"Shockingly Realistic Sculpture Portrays Abraham Lincoln"

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(08-02-2013 06:20 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  BTW, who originally reported the "ax story" at City Point in 1865 (when Lincoln demonstrated the strenght of his muscles by holding an ax horizontally longer than some soldiers were able to do)?

Hi Eva. There is information here.

I do not know if he was the first one, but the incident was reported in 1866 by Francis Carpenter in The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln: Six Months at the White House (originally published as Six Months at the White House With Abraham Lincoln). The story is on p. 289 of the Bison Books edition (which is what I have).