“There’s One Of My Children That Isn’t Dead Yet”
Again, when he is in a condition of tense anxiety because Burn- side has been hemmed in, has been unable to send news for a long time, and may have had to surrender, there comes a telegram saying that gunfire has been heard from the direction of Knoxville. “Glad of it,” says Lincoln. “It reminds me of Mrs. Sally Ward, a neighbor of mine. She had a very large family. Occasionally one of her very numerous progeny would be heard crying in some out-of-the-way place, and she would exclaim, ‘ There’s one of my children that isn’t dead yet ‘ ”
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