Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.
Dear Madam,
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 word of mine
which
should attempt to beguile you
from the grief of a loss so
overwhelming.
But I cannot refrain from tendering you
the
consolation that may be found
in the thanks
of the Republic they
died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father
may assuage the anguish of your
bereavement,
and leave you only the cherished memory
of the
loved and lost,
and the solemn pride that must be yours
to have laid
so costly a sacrifice
upon the altar of freedom.
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,
A. Lincoln
Letters from a soldier to his wife {1863-64}
Sinking Of The Sultana - 1865
The American Civil War
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