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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: goffscalif{at}aol.com [mailto:goffscalif{at}aol.com]
>
> > Lincoln was briefly under fire while touring Fort Stephens, and
> > is the only American president to come under enemy fire while serving as
> > president.
>
> That's true.  IIRC he comported himself well, although his brief military
> experience in the Blackhawk War gave him no opportunity for combat.

Correct -- but at least he could say he actually wore a uniform, which is
more than a recent denzen of the White House could say. ;-)
>
> My favorite story about Civil War combat concerns the Union
> general who, when
> his aides urged him to move further back from the line for his
> own safety,
> remarked, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--."    :)
>
Sedgewick, hit by a Confederate sniper with a .45 caliber Witworth rifle.


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