*Civil War Misc. Collection, USAMHI.
*Grapeshot is a type of cannon ammunition similar to a shotgun shell. Small metal balls are packed tightly together in a projectile. When fired, the balls spread out to cause a greater damage. Grapeshot was packed into canisters and used for close-range engagement.
**Duncan Papers, New Jersey Historical Society.
*Alexander Gardner, the Washington, D.C., photographer who would also take Abe’s last portrait.
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*From Abe’s favorite poem by Scotsman William Knox.
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