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The value of pets in the Civil War
12-20-2012, 08:28 PM
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RE: The value of pets in the Civil War
According to the Fehrenbachers in the Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln , the President, upon hearing a complaint from Thomas Stackpole that a pet goat was troublesome, said:

It interests the boys and does them good; let the goat be.

The Fehrenbachers give the remark a "C."
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