A Lincoln "Saying"

[RJNorton]

This is mentioned in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln:

"Brigadier General Edwin H. Stoughton of Vermont was captured in bed at 2 A.M. on March 9 during a raid by Confederate General John S. Mosby. It was of this episode that Lincoln was reported to have said "that he did not mind the loss of the Brigadier as much as he did the loss of the horses. `For,' said he, `I can make a much better Brigadier in five minutes, but the horses cost a hundred and twenty-five dollars apiece.' " (New York Times, March 11, 1863)."