57: Recap of The Civil War's First Half (1861-63)
History That Doesn't Suck
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The Importance of Nicknames
Lincoln hated being called Abe, so his friends and family did not call him. So that's why we call him Lincoln. And he, two of his right hand men, right, his cabinet, who have the best nicknames are Edwin Stanton,. The secretary of war and getting wells, secretary of the navy. In a little nod to Greco-Roman mythology, they are Mars and Neptune, the God of war, God of the sea.
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