Discovery will have a show about a newly-discovered letter from Abraham Lincoln, written to Mrs. Neagle whose husband was in jail for treason, taking her (and him) to task for failing to support their government:
Lincoln was also sick and possibly bedridden when he wrote to the Neagles. The day before he wrote the letter, he had also suspended the execution of a man named James Taylor, who was convicted of desertion.
The Taylor decision was more typical of Lincoln, who often viewed deserters as 'leg cases,' since he felt that many young men listened to their legs rather than to their head when they ran away from battle. Mr. Neagle, however, fell into a different group. Cornelius said Lincoln nearly always took a harsh stance in cases of treason, slave trading and rape.
The Lincoln letter will be sold at auction by Sotheby's in December. It is estimated to be worth between $250,000 and $350,000.
Discovery will have a show about a newly-discovered letter from Abraham Lincoln, written to Mrs. Neagle whose husband was in jail for treason, taking her (and him) to task for failing to support their government:
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