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1865

Airship / Wondery

Fiction, Drama, Government, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, History

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Stanton and Langston go to the mats with Johnson and Welles over the issue of reconstruction and the future of the Freedman.

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Starring Jeremy Schwartz as Edwin Stanton.

Also featuring (in order of appearance):

Lindsay Graham (President Abraham Lincoln)

Ian Ferguson (Major Thomas Eckert)

J. Michael Tatum (Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles)

R. Bruce Elliott (President Andrew Johnson)

William Jackson Harper (John Mercer Langston)

David Coffee (Doctor)

Created by Steven Walters and Erik Archilla

Directed by Robert McCollum

Written by Steven Walters

Executive Producer: Lindsay Graham

Co-executive Producers: Erik Archilla, Robert McCollum and Steven Walters

Music and Sound Design by Lindsay Graham

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0:00.0	Telegram April 14th 1865.
0:03.1	President Lincoln, in the face of a treacherous and dangerous enemy,
0:06.7	please do not expose the nation to the consequences of any disaster to yourself.
0:11.1	I implore you to exercise caution.
0:13.7	Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
0:18.9	Evening Mars, President Lincoln, how's your health?
0:22.3	Well, well, well enough, sir. Glad to hear.
0:26.6	Did you know Major Eckert could bend an iron poker?
0:30.4	I'm... pardon me, sir, but why would you ask such a question?
0:33.7	I have seen the man bend five iron poker's.
0:36.8	One right after the other. Right over his arm.
0:40.3	What is this, sir?
0:42.0	The order you issued Mars.
0:43.9	You don't want me leaving the White House without a security detail.
0:46.8	Well, now, sir, if I may, you're right.
0:49.6	I'm... sir?
0:51.2	It's your custom from time to time, being right.
0:54.2	Imprudence is unbecoming of a president.
0:57.4	Then you have decided not to attend the Ford this evening.
1:00.2	No, no.
1:01.4	Problem is I already have my tickets.
1:04.4	Plus, I think it'll do the people some good to see me out in public, enjoying myself.
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