In article ,
Garrison Hilliard wrote:
From: (Michael P. Reed)
Continuing to the WWII era.
Prez. Shot at Major military Action
Lincoln No? Yes
Actually, Lincoln was a Mexican War veteran,
No, Blackhawk War (about a decade earlier); elected as Captain by one
militia unit, served a while as private in two others, never saw combat.
and I can assure you that John Wilkes Booth did shoot at him.
But in neither the Blackhawk nor Mexican wars.