He began to apologize for his overdue bill, showing that he was crippled. Lincoln plainly expressed his sympathy and sorrow.
"I have been thinking about that bill of yours," he said. He took the paper out of his wallet and forced it upon him. "I won't think of it any more."
Cogdale took the bill. He told Lincoln that he did not know when he could pay it.
But Lincoln hurried away, saying, "If you had the money, I would not take it out of your only hand!"
A third story is told that:
On September 17, 1862, the Confederate march into @Maryland ended with the decisive defeat at @Antietam. When the South pulled back, Lincoln called the Cabinet to a special meeting.
