Who is this person?

[Anita]

Is it a male or a female?

[RJNorton]

Not Lamon, Rob. The person is male, Anita.

Hint #1: Lincoln first met this man in the 1850s.

[RJNorton]

I think I will give the answer - it is the birthplace of Edwin Stanton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Stan...hplace.jpg

[Rob Wick]

Roger,

Darn, I wasn't quick enough. I spent much of the late morning looking through the Lincoln Log trying to find names of people he met in the 1850s. None seemed important enough until I got to 1855 and saw Stanton. Oh well, I learned about all the time Lincoln collected a legal fee or bought thread or cloth for Mary.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Thanks for trying, Rob.

[Anita]

Roger, it was a good question. I spent time using Rob's approach to the search and no one seemed to fit with that unassumingly home.

[RJNorton]

Thanks for trying, Anita.

[Anita]

Who is the person that fits these three hints? This person has been mentioned on the forum.

1. Rancho
2. Hip Hop
3. Ambulance

[RJNorton]

Anita, can you give another hint?

[Anita]

Here's another. The hints are not in biographical sequence.

4. Ambassador to Mexico

[Anita]

Here's another hint.

5. Voted against giving Grant a pension.

[RJNorton]

John W. Foster?

[Anita]

Not Foster but you get another for trying.

6. Union Officer in the American Civil War. His men referred to him by a nickname that will give you the answer.

[Rob Wick]

William Rosecrans, also known as the Great Decliner. Although I have no idea what Ambulance and Hip Hop have to do with it.

Best
Rob

[Anita]

You nailed it Rob!

Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans is most commonly associated with the battlefield, but he also played a role in developing the Civil War’s most commonly used ambulance. It’s hard to imagine the U.S. Army without ambulances, but that was generally the case before the Civil War.

Prior to the conflict, wounded men had been hauled off the battlefield in whatever wagons were available, and it wasn’t until the late 1850s that the U.S. military began to try and develop specialized vehicles for wounded removal. Many of the early designs were heavy and required four horses or mules to pull them.
From December 1861 to March 1862, Rosecrans lived in Wheeling, Va., while he commanded the Department of West Virginia and led troops in some of the first fighting of the war, including the Battle of Rich Mountain on July 11, 1861. Rosecrans recognized the need for a light, nimble ambulance that could navigate the region’s rough terrain, and fortunately for him, he had a progressive young surgeon, Major Jonathan Letterman, as his medical director.
Letterman’s medical knowledge combined well with Rosecrans’ West Point engineering background to design an ambulance that helped thousands of soldiers survive their wounds. The ambulance was first produced in Wheeling’s wagon shops, and it became known as the “Wheeling,” or “Rosecrans” ambulance.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/artic...ambulance.


Rosecrans Avenue is a major west-east thoroughfare in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, USA. It has a total length of 27.5 miles. The street is named after U.S. Union General William S. Rosecrans, who purchased 13,000 acres of Rancho Sausal Redondo southwest of Los Angeles in 1869. Rosecrans Avenue was originally named Drexel Avenue, and ran through the Rosecrans Rancho which is part of modern-day Gardena. Rosecrans Avenue is well-known among hip hop culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosecrans_Avenue