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July 21st, 1861. Bull Run, Virginia. It was an excellent day for a fight. Hundreds of spectators from Washington got your day off to tag after the military. They came in buggies and on horseback, driving seven extended hours in the hot Virginia sun. Mostly men, a few women, a bunch of politicians included in this Ohio Senator Ben Wade, New York Congressman Alfred Ely, and Illinois Congressman Elihu Washburne. English warfare correspondent William Howard Russell reported, "The spectators were all excited, and a female with an opera goblet who was quite beside herself when an unusually heavy discharge roused the existing of her blood vessels...'that is wonderful, oh my, isn't that first rate? I assume we are in Richmond to-morrow,' she exclaimed". An officer advised them, "We are whipping them good! "and a cheer went through the crowd. Later that day lots of the spectators were captured in the open frenzy of Union soldiers stampeding their in the past to Washington in a disorganized unruly retreat. For Abraham Lincoln the defeat at Bull Run recommended only one thing. It was going to be always a long war, without quick end in sight. He advised A. G. Riddle, "I am the President of one part of this divided country at least, but look at me! I wish I possessed never been given birth to! I've a white elephant on my hands, one hard to manage. With a fire in my forward and rear, needing to contend with the jealousies of armed service commanders and not receiving that cordial cooperation and support from Congress that can reasonably be likely, with a dynamic and formidable adversary in the field intimidating the life blood vessels of the federal government, my position is anything but a bed of roses." I Wish I Experienced Never Blessed is an instant easy read following life of Abraham Lincoln. You'll find out about his early days, his loves, his disappointments, his climb to vitality, and his assassination. And, yes, we will discuss that troublesome rumor of Lincoln being gay. Say it isn't so Abe?
