Duff Armstrong
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William "Duff" Armstrong was an American Union Army soldier and the defendant in an 1858 murder prosecution in which he was defended by Abraham Lincoln, two years before Lincoln was elected President
Abraham Lincoln defending young Armstrong
Young Mr. Lincoln
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Young Mr. Lincoln is a 1939 American biographical drama film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda. Ford and producer Darryl F. Zanuck fough
Duff Armstrong
…by Abraham Lincoln, two years before Lincoln was elected President of the United States. The case would later be loosely portrayed in the 1939 film Young Mr. Lincoln. Armstrong was born to Jack and Hannah Armstrong. Jack died in 1857. Abraham Lincoln was a friend of the Armstrongs and regularly visited and would…
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Henry Fonda as Abraham Lincoln