Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
Will Rogers
Drove too long
Driver snoozing
What happened next
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No vice is so bad as advice.
--Marie Dressler, (1869--1934). U.S. actress
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
March 11, 1862 - President Lincoln relieves McClellan as general-in-chief and takes direct command of the Union armies.
April 6, 1862 - Confederate surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates. The president is then pressured to relieve Grant but resists.
April 16, 1862 - Signs an Act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia.
May 20, 1862 - Approves the Federal Homestead Law giving 160 acres of publicly owned land to anyone who will claim and then work the property for 5 years. Thousands then cross the Mississippi to tame the 'Wild West.'
June 19, 1862 - Approves a Law prohibiting slavery in the territories.
"An organization that is strong and stable and is ready to commit time, money, and patience will be more apt to reap rewards than the quick-hitting opportunist."
Richard Miller
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
Famous folk artist Woody Guthrie was named after Woodrow Wilson. His full name is Woodrow Wilson Guthrie.
King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40 B.C. In what year was King Tut born?
There are even bugs that eat knotweed; it is a matter of taste. Meaning: There's no accounting for taste. / To each his own.
