...hovering over him. " I have been shown," he says, " in the files of the War Department a statement that you are the mother of five sons who have died...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from your grief for a loss so overwhelming — but I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation...

...November 21, 1864 Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Massachusetts. 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 1 This is the name of another officer to whom the dying officer desired to be remembered. alone in...

...truly A. LINCOLN LETTER TO MRS. BIXBY (November 21, 1864) DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant...mine which should attempt to beguile you from the 5 grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that...

...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...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you Irom th<5 grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot...

...Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons [162] who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I...words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found...

...worse death, that from disease. The letter follows: Dear Madam: — I have been shown in the files of the war department a statement of the adjutant...are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously in the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt...

...To MRS. BIXBY, Boston, Mass., DEAR MADAM : — I have been shown in the files of the WaiDepartment a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts,...mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the battlefield. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile...

...ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LETTER TO MRS. BIXBY NOVEMBER 21, 1864. DEAR MADAM: — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant...Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons [162] who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words...

...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 a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found...

...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 a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found...