. The Civil War . President said, It works all right, but the proof lies mthe shooting: lets go out and shoot it. So they started for thegrounds attached to the White House. On the way the Presidentnoted that the pocket of his coat was torn and asked for a pm, re-marking, This is a nice dress for the Chief Magistrate to appearin public. Setting up a shingle against a tree a few shots were bredby Spencer, who handed the gun to the President, who bred a tewshots, not making quite as good target as Spencer, gave the gunback for further shooting, saying, When I was your age i coulddo better. The t
. The Civil War . President said, It works all right, but the proof lies mthe shooting: lets go out and shoot it. So they started for thegrounds attached to the White House. On the way the Presidentnoted that the pocket of his coat was torn and asked for a pm, re-marking, This is a nice dress for the Chief Magistrate to appearin public. Setting up a shingle against a tree a few shots were bredby Spencer, who handed the gun to the President, who bred a tewshots, not making quite as good target as Spencer, gave the gunback for further shooting, saying, When I was your age i coulddo better. The target shingle is now at the State House m Indian-apolis, presented by Mr. Spencer after the death of the to say that Mr. Spencer returned home with an order torall the guns he could furnish. A company was formed and y4,Ui)Uguns were delivered^ for use in the Civil War. Jas. G. Blame was astockholder in the Spencer Arms Company; Fisher, to whomBlaine wrote Burn these letters, was its treasurer. J. Target used by Lincoln when he {x-rsonally testedand approved the Spencer in August of 186,!. (Onlythen was the rifle widely adopted by Union forces.) ^ ^^^^^Ltr>^ , d2^^ yO^U^/)
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