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Battle of franklin. He came to the United States in 1850 and later enlisted in the Confederate Army where he rose through the rank of major eventually proposing to emancipate slaves in order to enlist them in the confederate party. This is part of a series organized by the tennessee civil war sesquicentennial commission. I will use my big voice to get everyone rounded back up for the next part of the program here today. In franklin, talking about the battle of franklin, the battle of nashville, and what this final campaign that we have talked about has meant to tennessee, southern history and american history. Thanks for coming out. Because it is sort of like introducing a rock star. You have had the wellknown acts and all the front acts, and i82 have the special event with our next speaker. Damien shields is an engaging young scholar. Hes an archaeologist by trade. A historian by emotion. Actually gets the way you have to do all those things. Lets not just have the false divide betwee
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Im David Carroll from chicago. Hi, david. Hi. In the last year published in the journal of the Abraham Lincoln association there has been great speculation on mary lincoln purchasing penny royal at dill lards drugstore in springfield when she was pregnant with tad who was born with a cleft palate. Penny royal is used to rid dogs of fleas or induce abortion. Do you have insight on this recent scholarship . Im sorry. I cant comment on that. My recent move and dislocation of many of my books and pieces meant that i dont have the 41 of oh mary lincoln but moving from ireland was difficult. I would say from my reading i have no evidence from her letters or otherwise that there would be any way i could comment or believe she was trying to not have a fourth child. The lincolns were besoted by their children. They were very proud and devoted that when she suffered family tragedies and the death of oh little eddie she was pregnant within a month. Indeed the idea of having two younger sons and r
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