. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . the Senate of theUnited States: 1. That in testimony of their veneration and affectionfor the illustrious dead, who has been permitted, underProvidence, to do so much for his country and for liberty,the Congress of the United States will unite in the funeralservices and by an appropriate committee accompany hisremains to their place of burial in the State from which hewas taken for the national service. 2. That in the life of Abraham Lincoln, who by thebenignant favor of republican institutions
. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . the Senate of theUnited States: 1. That in testimony of their veneration and affectionfor the illustrious dead, who has been permitted, underProvidence, to do so much for his country and for liberty,the Congress of the United States will unite in the funeralservices and by an appropriate committee accompany hisremains to their place of burial in the State from which hewas taken for the national service. 2. That in the life of Abraham Lincoln, who by thebenignant favor of republican institutions rose from humblebeginnings to the heights of power and fame they recognizean example of purity, simplicity, and virtue which should bea lesson to mankind, while in his death they recognize amartyr whose memory will become more precious as menlearn to prize those principles of constitutional order andthose rights—civil, political, and hinnan—for which he wasmade a sacrifice. It is remarkalile how many sons of Cumberland countydistinguished thcmsehes in the course of the civil war. Cap- (232). PROMINENT CITIZENS—l^i;:>David P. Elmer Alphonso WoodrufI Capt. Enoch MoreRobert S. Buck Charles D. Burroughs (233) 234 HISTORIC DAYS tin Enoch More, of Bridgeton, was one of our citizens whotook an important part in the final scenes connected with thecapture of Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Con-federacy. As commander of the steamer WilHam P. Clyde,by orders of the War Department, he brought Jeff andhis Cabinet from Hilton Head, South Carolina, to FortressMonroe, at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The following let-ter from Captain More to a relative in Cumberland County,at that time, explains itself: Fortress Monroe, Mav 19. 1S65. We arrixed here fifty-two hours from Hilton Head,having been expressly detailed by General Gilmore to bethe bearer of Ciesar and his fortunes, under convey of tlieU. S. S. Tuscarora, and carrying the following valuablefreight: Jeff Davis and famil
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