Reminiscence, 189-

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Reminiscence, 189-

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Reminiscence written per request of a Civil War incident in which the sister of a friend who was serving in the Confederate army came to him for help. His friend, Clay Lindsey had been wounded in the arch and needed a special boot. Lindsey's sister, Mrs. Hamilton, ask Smith to help her make sure the boot reached her brother in Richmond. After being turned down by Secretary of War Stanton, they approached the President, who gave her a signed note to get the boots to her brother.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Smith, Green Clay, 1826-1895

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