A gentleman, visiting a hospital at Washington, heard an occupant of one
of the beds laughing and talking about the President, who had been there
a short time before and gladdened the wounded with some of his stories.
The soldier seemed in such good spirits that the gentleman inquired:
“You must be very slightly wounded?”
“Yes,” replied the brave fellow, “very slightly--I have only lost one
leg, and I’d be glad enough to lose the other, if I could hear some more
of ‘Old Abe’s’ stories.”