1828 | Abraham Lincoln Attacked in Louisiana | Louisiana History

Abraham Lincoln made two trips to Louisiana in his youth. On his first in 1828, he and a friend were attacked while on a flatboat on the Mississippi River. This Louisiana History Minute tells the story of this attack and how it affected Lincoln.

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Reading List
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times by David S. Reynolds
https://amzn.to/3LXkULP

- 64 Parishes Magazine
https://64parishes.org/lincoln-louisiana

- The Advocate Newspaper
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/entertainment_life/danny_heitman/article_5eaf9eaa-1a2e-11eb-ba79-b7573b7dee21.html

- David Kent Articles
https://davidjkent-writer.com/2021/04/22/lincoln-flatboat-new-orleans-america/
https://davidjkent-writer.com/2018/08/01/rockport-indiana-where-lincoln-began-his-flatboat-trips-to-new-orleans/

- The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/abraham-lincoln/

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Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress, Friends of Lincoln Collection - Rolland Center for Lincoln Research, US National Archives
Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay

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Louisiana History Minute | Mississippi River | Abraham Lincoln