Charles-Louis Chassin

Charles-Louis Chassin (1831 – 1901) was a French historian who edited the definitive documentary collection on the War in the Vendée.^[1]

Chassin viewed the French Revolution favourably, declaring that the Revolution's centenary demonstrated "the legitimacy of the demands of our fathers".^[2]

Upon hearing the news of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Chassin wrote a letter to the Phare de la Loire raising the idea of a memorial medal in Lincoln's honour, which would be sent to Mary Todd Lincoln.^[3] This was to be funded by a subscription of ten centimes and it eventually amassed 40,000 signatures (including those of Victor Hugo, Jules Michelet and Louis Blanc).^[3]

Notes

↑ David A. Bell, The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know it (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007), p. 181.
↑ Richard Bernstein, 'The French Revolution: Right or Wrong?', The New York Times (10 July 1988).
1 2 Gabor S. Boritt, Mark E. Neely, Jr. and Harold Holzer, 'The European Image of Abraham Lincoln', Winterthur Portfolio Vol. 21, No. 2/3 (Summer - Autumn, 1986), p. 161.

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[1] David A. Bell, The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know it (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007), p. 181.

[2] Richard Bernstein, 'The French Revolution: Right or Wrong?', The New York Times (10 July 1988).

[Lincoln-3] 1 2 Gabor S. Boritt, Mark E. Neely, Jr. and Harold Holzer, 'The European Image of Abraham Lincoln', Winterthur Portfolio Vol. 21, No. 2/3 (Summer - Autumn, 1986), p. 161.