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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lawtoad, post: 1260795, member: 31685&quot;]As you say, I do not believe that Lincoln accorded recognition to the CSA by carrying the note.&nbsp; I think it was more of a reminder that the cost of the war in lives was high and that it affected everyone, including him. Lincoln had 5 brothers-in-law who fought for the Confederacy.&nbsp; Most notably was General Benjamin Hardin Helm who was killed in the Battle of Chickamuaga in 1863. Helm&#039;s widow in fact moved into the White House shortly after his death. Samual Todd, another of his Brothers-in-Law was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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