But the letter is not without controversy. The original copy was allegedly destroyed by either the newspaper’s editor or by Mrs. Bixby herself, who — as a sympathizer of the Confederacy ...

The full text of President Abraham Lincoln’s letter to Civil War mother Lydia Bixby, who was thought to have lost five sons in battle: Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov 21, 1864. To Mrs. Bixby ...

The following letter, to Mrs. Bixby, was written by the second of these men after he had been re-elected President of the United States with a majority of the electrocal College of 212 to 21. The ...