Thursday, June 13, 2013

February 3, 1862---War elephants



FEBRUARY 3, 1862:  

King Rama IV of Siam (modern-day Thailand) offers to send war elephants to bolster Union arms. President Lincoln declines the offer with great tact, saying that the United States is at a latitude “as does not...favor the multiplication of the elephant.”  


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