Who is this person?

[David Lockmiller]

(08-16-2023 08:24 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  Good job, Gene! You are correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Armstrong

Upon learning of the murder charge, Lincoln wrote to Jack's Armstrong's widow, Hannah:

"I have just heard of your deep affliction, and the arrest of your son for murder. I can hardly believe he can be capable of the crime alleged against him. It does not seem possible. I am anxious that he should be given a fair trial at any rate; and gratitude for your long-continued kindness to me in adverse circumstances prompts me to offer my humble services gratuitously in his behalf. It will afford me an opportunity to requite, in a small degree, the favors I received at your hand, and that of your lamented husband, when your roof afforded me a grateful shelter, without money and without price."

— Abraham Lincoln's letter to Hannah Armstrong,

Armstrong went on to join the Union forces in the American Civil War. He became ill in 1863 and, at his mother's request, Lincoln arranged for Armstrong's discharge.