Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter: People Of The Civil War

Raqeena Waziullah

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August 26th, 2014

Civil War Journal

Based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

People of the Civil War

Robert E. Lee As the the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee’s army became the most famous and successful out of all the Confederate armies (Civilwar.org). Lee served as the superintendent of West Point (his alma mater) before he joined the cavalry, resigned his position after Virginia seceded from the United States of America, and eventually became General-in-Chief of all Confederate forces. Robert E. Lee led the attacks at the greatest battles of the war, Antietam and Gettysburg (both on enemy soil), before he finally surrendered

Abraham Lincoln met her through the assistance his law partner, and sometime later he and Mary were wed at her sister’s house on November 4th, 1862. But, their marriage was not without its problems, especially due to Mary’s Southern background. She was a woman associated with both sides of the Civil War due to her ties to her family from the south and her new family and friends in the north, and yet neither seemed to trust her fully. Nevertheless, she became a huge asset to her husband’s political campaign by hosting social events and proved her overt loyalty to him through her actions (History.net). Mary Todd suffered through many unhappy occasions, the worst of which occurred when her husband was assassinated right beside her. She became emotionally unstable after having endured the deaths of her husband and children, thus leading to her own son to have her placed in a sanitarium. When she was released, she lived her life quietly and died in her sister’s home. Today, she is still commemorated by the women of

Although their backgrounds were as different as night and day, their similarities in their intellect and conversation, as well as the common loss of their mothers, brought them together in a fierce and hearty love. Mary Todd serves as the main love interest and companion of Abraham Lincoln, and as the half of the reason Lincoln stopped hunting vampires for a long time. He did not want to “risk leaving Mary without a husband, nor Robert without a father” (Grahame-Smith 222), so he put down his axe for a long time, and became the ideal husband, father, and politician. She brings out the softer side of our hero, thus enabling him to trust in his pen of justice and puts his figurative sword/axe away. Throughout the story, she exemplifies a woman in love that surpasses many ordeals in order to find happiness, and a companion for Lincoln in dangerous times, yet she still retains her innocence due to the fact that she remained blissfully unaware of the existence of “vampires” all the way up until her death. The losses she suffered in life proved to be too great for her, showing that as a human being, loss is inevitable, unbearable, and it brings dire