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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 7. (search)
resistible; and he had to look back, and the poor thing seemed to say wistfully, There now, my last hope is gone: that he deliberately got down and relieved it from its difficulty. In many things we were congenial spirits. In politics we saw eye to eye, though since then we differed as widely as the South is from the North. But methinks I hear you say, Save me from a political woman! So say I. The last message I ever received from him was about a year after we parted in Illinois. Mrs. Able visited Kentucky, and he said to her in Springfield, Tell your sister that I think she was a great fool because she did not stay here and marry me. Characteristic of the man! Respectfully yours, Mary S. Vineyard. We have thus been favored with the lady's side of this case, and it is but fair that we should hear the testimony of her honest but ungainly suitor. Fortunately for us and for history we have his view of the case in a series of letters which have been preserved with z
John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History, Chapter 4. (search)
h of Anne Rutledge, Mr. Lincoln had seen and made the acquaintance of Miss Mary Owens, who had come to visit her sister Mrs. Able, and had passed about four weeks in New Salem, after which she returned to Kentucky. Three years later, and perhaps a year after Miss Rutledge's death, Mrs. Able, before starting for Kentucky, told Mr. Lincoln, probably more in jest than earnest, that she would bring her sister back with her on condition that he would become her-Mrs. Able's-brother-in-law. Lincoln,Mrs. Able's-brother-in-law. Lincoln, also probably more in jest than earnest, promptly agreed to the proposition; for he remembered Mary Owens as a tall, handsome, dark-haired girl, with fair skin and large blue eyes, who in conversation could be intellectual and serious as well as joa woman's happiness. She adds: The last message I ever received from him was about a year after we parted in Illinois. Mrs. Able visited Kentucky, and he said to her in Springfield, Tell your sister that I think she was a great fool because she did
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Doc. 87.-the campaign in Florida. (search)
sh. In another portion of this letter I insert a list which comprises some of the important articles captured at this camp. The guns, two of which were twelve-pounder rifled, and two six-pounder smooth-bore, belonged respectively to Dunham's and Able's batteries. Every thing that was captured here belonged to either one or the other battery. Three prisoners were taken. Captain Dunham, hearing that we were within six miles of his camp, had deserted his men and gone to Lake City. Able was alwere told to help themselves to all they wanted. They thought it very strange we should reject clothing that had cost their people a vast sum of money. We explained to them that clothing was not scarce in our country. A contraband, formerly Captain Able's servant, was dumbfounded to see how little we prized a package of a dozen shirts that had been sent to a rebel officer. This same contraband gave us much valuable information relating to the enemy's force and movements, which was subsequent
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.23 (search)
nth Virginia Infantry. July 28, 1891, Richard Harding, A, Thirty-fifth Virginia Cavalry. March 14, 1892, Samuel L. Holden, C, First Virginia Cavalry. July 21, 1892, Alpheus H. Hobbs, K, Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry. July 12, 1886, Alvin L. Jude, A, Fifteenth Virginia Infantry. August 3, 1889, Henry Jones, Dance's Battery. March 23, 1892, Stephen C. James, Purcell Battery. August 10, 1892, Charles R. Jones, C, Fifteenth Virginia Infantry. November 20, 1885, F. Miaskoski, Able's Florida Battery. July 5, 1886, L. S. King, H, Thirteenth Virginia Cavalry. October 29, 1891, John E. Kennedy, H, Fourteenth Virginia Infantry. August 26, 1892, Dennis Kelley, D, Fourth Virginia Cavalry. August 1, 1887, William M. Lawson, H, First Virginia Infantry. March 7, 1889, William A. Lewis, Grimes's Battery. August 3, 1889, William T. Lewis, First Company Howitzers. January 11, 1890, Joseph Landrum, G, Twenty-sixth Virginia Infantry. January 20, 1890, Robert H. L