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Bookmark or Share- Lincoln as Commander in Chief - Library of CongressAbraham Lincoln had bounced Fanny on his knee as a child while he visited the home of Lieutenant Colonel William McCullough during his days as a lawyer on the Eighth Illinois Circuit, and knowing this, Judge David Davis, also a resident of Bloomington, asked the president to write Fanny on the family’s behalf.
- All That I Am Or Hope Ever To Be I Get From My Mother - ShapellTo Miss Fanny McCullough (1840 – 1920), the daughter of Lincoln’s long-time friend, William McCullough, whose death in battle on December 5, 1862, sent Fanny into a deep depression. Learn about other great manuscripts and historical perspectives by checking out great stories at Shapell, including ‘ The Death of Calvin Coolidge Jr ...
- Abraham Lincoln on Living with Loss: His Magnificent Letter of ...Drawing on his own lifelong dance with love and loss, 53-year-old Lincoln writes to the bereaved young woman on December 23, 1862: Dear Fanny. It is with deep grief that I learn of the death of your kind and brave Father; and, especially, that it is affecting your young heart beyond what is common in such cases.
- What Abraham Lincoln can teach us about resilience in the face of ... - CNNIn my research on Lincoln, time and again, I return to a letter he wrote on December 23, 1862, to Fanny McCullough, the daughter of his friend William McCullough, who had been killed in...
- Selected Letters by Abraham LincolnLetter to Fanny McCullough, 1862. Eloquent expression of condolence to the daughter of an Illinois friend. Letter to Major General Joseph Hooker, 1863. Advice with a fatherly tone to a Union general. Letter to Erastus Corning and Others, 1863. An important public letter defending Lincoln's civil liberties policies. Letter to General Grant, 1863.
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