shermans_march
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2017
- Location
- Colorado, Under A Pile of Snow
Ann Rutledge was Abe Lincoln's first love. They cared about each other so much and planned on getting married. Unfortunately she died of typhoid fever in 1835. If she had lived and married him what effect would that have had on Lincoln? Would it have possibly changed his life long depression or have effected the course of the Civil War in an major way. Mary Lincoln wasn't the ideal companion during this rough and trying period, more worried about her White House parties, her appearance, and her husbands reelection that anything else. This woman evidently affected Lincoln a lot, from reading certain portions of his early life in a biography a couple years back. Apparently Lincoln visited her on her death bed and they talked for awhile. Upon exiting the room he looked back and Ann and him were in tears. That really effect me and shows how much this loss would effect both of them.
This is a quote by Lincoln while president talking about his first love, "It is true—true indeed I did. I loved the woman dearly and soundly: She was a handsome girl—would have made a good, loving wife… I did honestly and truly love the girl and think often, often of her now."
This is a quote by Lincoln while president talking about his first love, "It is true—true indeed I did. I loved the woman dearly and soundly: She was a handsome girl—would have made a good, loving wife… I did honestly and truly love the girl and think often, often of her now."