The “peculiar institution” of slavery was so lucrative at the start of the war that the value of all slaves in the United States was worth more then all the factories and railroads combined. It allows us as a people to see a true American hero as a somewhat different type of person then what we are usually used to hearing and seeing him as.

In both fact and fiction, the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg. im pretty sure it's half a megajoule, Wokistan wrote: Cap's 155 kj, abe's 38.

Neverthless, sporadically throughout the film, on certain points and themes, the movie does touch accurately on history. In history, he and the Union fought the Confederacy. ( Log Out /  The purpose of this book is to teach our youth about the history of Abraham Lincoln while also giving it a less boring aspect with the vampires being involved and the assassination of Jefferson Davis. As in the opening sequence, a young Lincoln did in fact encounter slaves for the first time on a river, though the bloodsucker he witnessed selling them was strictly metaphorical. I like the fact that this text was used to teach children the historical values of Abraham Lincoln and his presidency while also using an interesting factor with the use of vampires.

Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies – While the Civil War rages on, President Lincoln must undertake an even more daunting task; Destroying the Confederate Undead. Jake Boritt is a filmmaker who is currently producing The Gettysburg Story for broadcast on public television. Lincoln grew to oppose slavery as it was fundamentally against the founding principals of the United States. The story starts off with a boy, shockingly who has the same name as the author, getting hold of the secret journal of Abraham Lincoln from a vampire friend named Henry Sturges. The film is also true to Lincoln’s desire to rise in life. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. The Elder Scrolls metaphysics & philosophy, who can lift the weight of a train coach, albeit with difficulty, A President Mistakes Batman For A Vampire, https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(Abraham_Lincoln_Vampire_Hunter)?oldid=6904424. His books include Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream and The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech Nobody Knows. Defeated Adam, who easily beat Henry Sturges; Henry was capable of momentarily lifting a large train coach with one arm while heavily injured), Speed: Superhuman (Can keep up with horses), Lifting Strength: Likely Class 25 (Should be comparable to Henry Sturges who can lift the weight of a train coach, albeit with difficulty), Durability: Wall level (Took blows from Adam who is comparable in strength), Range: Extended melee range with his axe, significantly more with the axe's built-in gun, Standard Equipment: His axe-gun hybrid, silver (for killing vampires), dust (For tracking footprints). 30 essential albums from the last 30 years, along the roof of a Gettysburg-bound train careening downwards off a burning bridge. Historical events were a major part of the book because Abraham Lincoln issued so many of them throughout his years in office and some such as the Emancipation Proclamation make it into this book. Abraham would go on to kill numerous evil vampires and gains help from friends he meets along the way including Jack Armstrong, Joshua Speed, Edgar Allan Poe, and Ward Hill Lamon to name a few. Thomas Lincoln eventually remarries to a lady named Sarah and this makes Abraham feel a little bit better about the situation. The film captures this relationship in a line by Mary Todd that is sometimes attributed to Lincoln himself: “God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them.”. Or, in fact, any other aspect of Abraham Lincoln’s life. After killing Jack Barts, a second vampire tries to kill Abe, but a heroic vampire named Henry Sturges saves Abe’s life. The Southern states wanted to protect and preserve their rights, including the centuries old practice of the enslavement of black people. Benjamin Walker stars as the title character with supporting roles by Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Marton Csokas. While the Civil War rages on, President Abraham Lincoln must undertake an even more daunting task - destroying the Confederate Undead. Oof. Though Lincoln’s ordering the requisition of all the silver in the movie is completely unfounded in history, it does illustrate the North’s vastly superior industrial infrastructure. (The first photograph of a person — a daguerreotype — was made in 1838 in Paris. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He learns that vampires hide in the South because they want to live behind the mask of slavery. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Lincoln never attempted to assassinate Jefferson Davis during his run for president, for example.

Fragmenting wooden doors is 515 isn't it? Even the crowded hilltop and fading fall colors on the distant trees are appropriate — something often missed by historical documentaries.

This was not spurred by the teaching of a drunk, whoring, opium-using vampire named Henry Sturges — who certainly would not have been able to show a young Lincoln a photograph of a slave family in 1837. Grahame-Smith accomplishes this by allowing his imagination to mix with his knowledge of Abraham Lincoln. The book starts off with Abraham as a young boy unhappy at his father, Thomas. It led him to the White House, where he and Mary lost their son Willy to typhoid fever — not a vampire bite. In part, the Confederacy hoped that a convincing victory would lead to recognition by European leaders.

It was unlikely a photograph of any kind would have made it to an Illinois frontier town.) During this time he runs for political office and falls in love twice, first with Ann Rutledge and second with Mary Todd. This quote shows his anger and sorrow for his mother’s death and at this point he knew he had to do something about it, which is exactly what he ended up doing. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Similarly the abundant styles of sunglasses preferred by vampires is anachronistic, as sunglasses didn’t really come into wide use until the next century. Grahame-Smith had a unique stylistic choice when he chose to use a story inside of a story method of writing. Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time” (54). I dislike the fact that this text has some historical incorrectness. Instead, I think that it is based on the context found in the text. At Abe's request, Henry trained him, turning him into a legendary Vampire Hunter, among the best in the world, in addition to going on to become who the history books knew him as. The entire theme of this book is to take Abraham Lincoln, an American legend that many people have heard of, and add in the thrill of vampires to his biography. In fact, the Gettysburg area, which borders the Mason-Dixon line and the slave state of Maryland, did have an active Underground Railroad network helping slaves escape bondage. 'Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter': History versus Hollywood. As in the movie, Lincoln did travel down the Mississippi to New Orleans by flatboat, encountering slaves there, though there is no record of him visiting a spooky plantation called Eden inhabited by a vampire leader named Adam.

In history, the Confederate army invaded northern territory in 1863. And Lincoln certainly did not race along the roof of a Gettysburg-bound train careening downwards off a burning bridge collapsing a thousand feet into a chasm in the middle of the night. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is a 2012 American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, based on the 2010 mashup novel of the same name.The novel's author, Seth Grahame-Smith, wrote the screenplay. Certainly no American president made better use of language to expand freedom then Abraham Lincoln. Offers may be subject to change without notice. The climax of the movie comes at the Battle of Gettysburg. VS Battles Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community.

In both history and the movie, Lincoln is deeply concerned with the events in Gettysburg. He also retires from politics and becomes a lawyer. ( Log Out /  Some slaves’ rise up against slavery and the vampires and fight for the North. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. In the movie, he also battles vampires who rely on the slave population as its food supply and want to create a nation of their own. In the movie, the massive amounts of silver arms are transported to Gettysburg by Mary Todd Lincoln and African-Americans via the Underground Railroad. Knowing nothing of holding a dying friend in my arms or burying a child. After some time passes, Abraham still feels the need to gain vengeance, so he goes out and kills Jack Barts for what he has done to his mother and the entire Lincoln family. EW review: ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’. Lincoln recovered, but Johnson died. In the movie, he hurries northward to aid the Union cause during the battle, slaying vampires on the roof of the speeding train. Intelligence: At least Above Average (A highly skilled politician, lawyer, diplomat, strategist), especially intelligent and cunning in combat.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – President Lincoln’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

( Log Out /  The function of this book in our society today is to bring fun to history and make the children more interested in learning about the life of Lincoln.