Lincoln, Pelikan, and Bogus History

Lincoln, Pelikan, and Potentially Bogus History ... this story has it all. (pic via AP)

Historian Accused Of Tampering With Lincoln Pardon : NPR: "The National Archives says a longtime Abraham Lincoln researcher has been caught telling a big lie about Honest Abe. The Archives said Monday that historian Thomas P. Lowry, 78, of Woodbridge, Va., has acknowledged that he used a fountain pen with special ink to change the date on a presidential pardon issued by Lincoln to a military deserter, making it appear that Lowry had uncovered a document of historical significance."

‘A Criminal Intent To Rewrite History’ - LewRockwell.com Blog: "That’s how a spokesman for the National Archives describes the actions of archivist Thomas Lowry, who changed the date on a document that contained a pardon by Lincoln of an army deserter. Lowry admits it. The date was changed from 1864 to 1865 so that Lowry could claim that The Most Compassionate Man in World History pardoned a deserter as one of the very last things he did before he was assassinated. He was a compassionate little angel to the end, says the lying Lowry, author of Sexual Misbehavior During the Civil War. Lowry is also the author of the book, Don’t Shoot That Boy, which is a ridiculous piece of Lincoln idolatry that goes on and on about how super, super “compassionate” Lincoln was regarding deserters. This is the opposite of the truth. In reality, the Lincoln administration gruesomely executed hundreds, perhaps thousands of deserters, parading them in front of their fellow soldiers to be executed in the last two years of the war."

Additional links:
Book Review: Lincoln Unmasked
Book Review: The Real Lincoln
Book Review: ... Arguing the Case for Southern Secession
DiLorenzo on Napolitano and Lincoln
Tom DiLorenzo on Lincoln, US Authoritarianism and Manipulated History
King Lincoln Archive