Extra Credit Questions

[Joe Di Cola]

Abolition? Vegetarian? I am going to guess either Bronson or Louisa May Alcott.

[L Verge]

Scratch Dr. Busey - I just realized that this person boarded at Sprigg's before Lincoln. Sylvester Graham of graham bread, vegetarian, temperance fame?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Theodore D. Weld?

(Poor man! No coffee...I don't drink alcohol or smoke and I'm used to a certain degree of self-discipline due to 20 years of ballett schooling, but NO COFFEE - unimaginable!)

[RJNorton]

Kudos, Eva! That is correct. Theodore Weld, the abolitionist leader, had stayed at Mrs. Sprigg's in the early 1840's, and the quotes come from letters he wrote to his wife.

I may stand corrected on this, but I believe most of the boarders at Mrs. Sprigg's left their families back home. I think Lincoln was unusual in that Mary, Robert, and little Eddie were also boarding there with Abraham. I think the vast majority of Mrs. Sprigg's boarders did not have their families with them.

[LincolnMan]

Which institutions of higher learning issued honorary degrees to Lincoln?

[RJNorton]

Bill, I do not know if this is complete, but here are some:

Knox College conferred on Abraham Lincoln an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on July 3, 1860. Columbia University followed with a similar degree on June 26, 1861. The College of New Jersey, now Princeton University, did likewise on December 20, 1864.

[LincolnMan]

Roger, you nailed them! Pretty good for a fellow who had less than a year formal education. What was Lincoln's comment about getting "through" college?

[Gene C]

Probably something like "Don't let school interfere with your education"

[LincolnMan]

Who was the last Confederate General to surrender?

[Eva Elisabeth]

James Waddell, commander (don't know if he was a general!) of CSS Shenandoah?

[LincolnMan]

Good morning Eva. I guess I should have been more specific to say "Army General"- which would exclude your great guess- because he was a naval officer.

[Joe Di Cola]

Bill,

Was it E. Kirby Smith?

Joe

[LincolnMan]

He is a good guess but not the last one.

[Joe Di Cola]

Stand Watie (also in the western theatre)?

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Or was it Joseph Shelby? I must admit, this is a great trivia question since it minvolves two theatres, but I am guessing it will be someone in the trans-Mississippi.

[LincolnMan]

That's it Joe! Great work!