1848

Famous Weddings & Divorces in 1848

Famous Weddings

James Longstreet

Mar 8 Confederate General James Longstreet (27) weds Maria Louisa Garland in Lynchburg, Virginia

James Longstreet

Mar 20 King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez
Apr 10 British influential art critic and social commentator John Ruskin marries Effie Gray in Perth, Scotland (later annulled).

Samuel Morse

Aug 10 American telegraph Inventor Samuel Morse (57) weds second wife, American Sarah Elizabeth Griswold in Utica, New York

Samuel Morse

Ulysses S. Grant

Aug 22 Soldier and later US President Ulysses S. Grant (26) marries Julia Dent

Ulysses S. Grant

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