kids encyclopedia robot

Image: Lydia Bixby affidavit (cropped)

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image(2,208 × 2,874 pixels, file size: 425 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Cropped first page of affidavit of Lydia Bixby (with signature), attempting to have her son, Arthur Edward Bixby discharged from the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. President Lincoln would later write her a letter of condolence in 1864.
Title: Lydia Bixby affidavit (cropped)
Credit: National Archives and Records Administration - Compiled Military Service Record for Pvt. Arthur Edward Bixby, Company C, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Author: Lydia Bixby, U.S. Army
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine