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Creator/Title
Leavitt, Enoch, ca. 1844-ca. 1907. Letter, 22 April 1865. ALS, 2 pp.
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Mss. C L
Content
In a letter to his mother from the Newton Military Hospital in Baltimore, Md., Corp. Enoch Leavitt of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry expresses his grief over the recent assassination of President Lincoln. He writes, "Abraham Lincoln is dead!" adding, "...every heart has sobbed in response at the news that he is no more." He laments, "May he wind his way in safety to his final home and rest there in peace while the memory of his life well ever linger in the hearts of the American people." He notes that reports of the fall of Mobile, Ala. were barely noticed as the people mourned.