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Lincoln Under Fire:
"... Father says the President went to the front where the shot and shell fell thick around him..."
-- Letter from Elizabeth Blair Lee, July 16, 1864
President Lincoln witnessed the skirmishes outside of Fort Stevens.
"I was present at Fort Stevens on the afternoon of July 12th, 1864, when some houses in front were shelled by our guns, and understanding that the military officers in command thought it necessary the shelling of houses proper and necessary, I certainly gave my approbation to its being done."
-- President Abraham Lincoln |