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Robert M. Palmer – Lincoln’s Minister to Argentina

A biographical sketch of Robert M. Palmer appeared in the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published in 1893, and was authored by Samuel T.  Wiley.  It is presented below in slightly modified form.  It tells the story of the minister President Abraham Lincoln appointed to Argentina. The Hon. Robert M. Palmer was […]

April 2014 Posts

A listing of the April 2014 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Harrisburg Burning – Yet Again The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 69 – 77 and Path March 2014 Posts The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle – Photographs 80 – 92 Robert M. Palmer – Lincoln’s Minister to Argentina The Shamokin Soldiers’ Circle […]

Charles T. Palmer – Resident Surgeon at Wills Eye Hospital, 1864-1865

A biographical sketch of Charles T. Palmer, M.D., appeared in the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, published in 1893, and was authored by Samuel T.  Wiley.  It is presented below in slightly modified form.  Previously, a post on this blog featured his father, Robert M. Palmer, who was Abraham Lincoln’s Ambassador to […]