Blue Mass

[RJNorton]

Angela, thank you for researching this, and Gary, thank you for your comment. I do wonder if this incident was embellished by Lamon (or maybe his daughter). I think Lincoln was really upset when his support for the soldiers was questioned, but if the incident with Ficklin really happened exactly as described, I would think there would be other eyewitness accounts supporting Lamon's version. There is a less contentious description here.