Thank you for sharing this history Dr. Brands. This and similar posts of yours help bring important history to life, and in fact greatly comfort me as our own period of history unfolds.
Zachary Taylor apparently considered his home state to be Louisiana, not Virginia, as he invested in Louisiana real estate and was stationed in Baton Rouge for a time. He is buried in Louisville, KY as that was where he was raised and lived as a young man. He could also call Mississippi home as he had plantations there too. A very antebellum South All-American man.
I like these essays about little-known (at least to laypeople) US presidents. I noticed an interesting similarity between Zachary Taylor and a little-known 17th-century Polish king: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Just as Taylor died from overeating cherries and ice-cold milk, King Michal died from gorging himself on pickles. Yuck! I'd prefer the cherries. LOL In both cases, rumors sprang up about enemies having poisoned them.
Thank you for sharing this history Dr. Brands. This and similar posts of yours help bring important history to life, and in fact greatly comfort me as our own period of history unfolds.
Zachary Taylor apparently considered his home state to be Louisiana, not Virginia, as he invested in Louisiana real estate and was stationed in Baton Rouge for a time. He is buried in Louisville, KY as that was where he was raised and lived as a young man. He could also call Mississippi home as he had plantations there too. A very antebellum South All-American man.
I like these essays about little-known (at least to laypeople) US presidents. I noticed an interesting similarity between Zachary Taylor and a little-known 17th-century Polish king: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. Just as Taylor died from overeating cherries and ice-cold milk, King Michal died from gorging himself on pickles. Yuck! I'd prefer the cherries. LOL In both cases, rumors sprang up about enemies having poisoned them.