Tag: Abraham Lincoln

Emelda Junkin Donaldson’s Speech to First Steubenville D.A.R. Meeting

This memoir has been reproduced in its entirety from a hand-written account of the speech which is preserved by the JCHA.     Mrs. Donaldson (obituary link) was 81 at the time she gave the speech in…continue reading

Abraham Lincoln Visits Steubenville

In 1860, the Democratic Party had split into two factions. The northern faction nominated Stephen Douglas on a platform of popular sovereignty and the southern faction nominated John Breckenridge with the mandate to protect slavery. The…continue reading

Life of Boston Corbett

We all know the story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination by John Wilkes Booth. But how many of us were taught the ending of the story? Who killed Booth? Thomas B “Boston” Corbett is the soldier who…continue reading