Christmas 1864: Tad Invites Tattered Newsboys For Dinner.

[David Lockmiller]

(12-12-2019 08:53 AM)Mylye2222 Wrote:  Story in here.
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presid...-gift-1864

There's a nice photograph of Tad standing alone in the North Drive of the White House.

And, there's also a photograph of the painting titled "The Peacemakers." What a momentous discussion that must have been. With the military officers talking military tactics to defeat General Lee and President Lincoln making reference to the "effusion" of blood on both sides.

The Peacemakers, by G.P.A. Healy, 1868. Seated in the after cabin of the Union steamer River Queen are Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, and Rear Adm. David D. Porter. The four met in March 1865, less than a week before the fall of Petersburg, Virginia.