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Identifier: wasabrahamlincol00lcmayn (find matches)
Title: Was Abraham Lincoln a spiritualist?
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Maynard, Nettie Colburn, 1841-1892
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Spiritualism
Publisher: Philadelphia, R. C. Hartranft
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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mber ofour household, who was in the same regiment with myyounger brother, and of whom we had not heard for along time. He was enlisted for three years, and hisregiment, at the time of his last letter, was locatedsomewhere near Norfolk, Va. July passed, and withit the memorable battle of Gettysburg. The overflowof the hospitals near Washington was sent North.Everywhere there was work for willing hands andloyal hearts; and though our victories cheered theheart of the nation, and gave courage to those at homeas well as to those in the field, the fearful price hadsanctified our countrys altar and made us one. Wefelt that the work in which we were engaged, whetherit were preparing the lint and bandages for the ex-pected victim or drawing the sword on the field ofcarnage, was entirely holy. In the early fall of 1863 my friend and myself re-ceived a request from Colonel Chrysler, at Saratoga,that we should go to Washington and see the Presi-dent on behalf of him and his veterans, of whom he
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GENERAL MORGAN H. CHRYSLER.From photograph from life, presented by him to Mrs. N. C. Maynard.) CONTINUED SERVICES. 115 had raised three hundred. About this time there wasstrong call for reinforcements, and as fast as troopswere enlisted they were forwarded to Washington andsent to the Camp of Distribution, so called, andscattered through the different army corps to fill updepleted companies. Colonel Chryslers fear was thatthis fate would await his command ; and his ambitionwas to raise his brigade and so obtain the commandthereof. He had confidence in my power to reach thePresident, and he had also confidence in the unseenpowers that controlled me, and he earnestly requestedthat I should make the effort in his behalf, offering todefray all expenses, which he did. We went at once,going directly to our friend Mrs. Cosby, on CapitolHill, who received us with joy and surprise, as shehad not expected us until later. I told her the pur-pose of our coming and requested her to accompanyme to

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Lincoln__Abraham__1809_1865
  • booksubject:Spiritualism
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  • bookleafnumber:158
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