“Abraham Lincoln and his friend Joshua Speed, a Springfield, Ill., shopkeeper, had a rare intimacy,” the extract reads. “The two shared Speed’s bed for years in Springfield after Lincoln t ...

What was Joshua Speed's relationship to Abraham Lincoln ... Ultimately, the question comes down to speculation. Lincoln and ...

"Abe Lincoln's few schooldays were spent at a 'blab ... In describing his possessions, 'Uncle Tom told her all about the bed he had, how it stood so high from the floor on four corner posts ...

On April 15, 1861, after Fort Sumter fell to Confederate Army forces, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued his call to arms for ...