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" DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words... "
Lincoln's Own Stories - Page 204
edited by - 1912 - 223 pages
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 574 pages
...extreme, he found time to write the following letter: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. "Dear Madam: — I have been shown, in the files of...mother of five sons, who have died gloriously on the fiel.! of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln

Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 568 pages
...extreme, he found time to write the following letter: "EXECUTIVE MANSION-, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. "Dear Madam: — I have been shown, in the files of...statement of the Adjutant-general of Massachusetts, that yon are the mother of five sous, who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...letter is selected from many on this subject : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. " DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1866 - 780 pages
...followin; letter to the Adjutant General for MR. Bixby: EXECUTIVE MANSIOX, WASHINGTON, 2 1st Nov., 1864. " Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...letter is selected from many on this subject : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. " DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...follovriin: letter to the Adjutant General for Mr?. Bixby : EXECUTIVE MAXSION, WASHINGTON, 2ist Nov., 18C1. " Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department n statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have...
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Argument of Hon. Edwards Pierrepont to the Jury: On the Trial of John H ...

Edwards Pierrepont - Trials (Assassination) - 1867 - 130 pages
...to death, this short letter of condolence : "EXECUTIVE MANSION, " Washington, November 21, 1864. " DEAR MADAM: I have been shown, in the files of the War Department, a statement of the adjutant general of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sous who have died gloriously on...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion ...

Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1867 - 736 pages
...letter to the Adjutant General for Mrs. Bixby : . EXECCTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, 2ist Nov., 1864. " Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on...
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Argument of Hon. Edwards Pierrepont to the Jury: On the Trial of John H ...

Edwards Pierrepont - Trials (Assassination) - 1867 - 130 pages
...to death, this short letter of condolence : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, *' Washington, November 21, 1864. " DEAR MADAM : I have been shown, in the files of the War Department, a statement of the adjutant general of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sous who have died gloriously on...
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