A Legacy of Fun

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Lincoln and Meagher.

On Lincoln’s receiving a dispatch from Meagher, the Irish General, stating that he had succeeded in capturing an entire division of the seceders, the president remarked that “it was good news, if true; but he suspected it was Meagher (mere) humbug!”

Hooker’s Appointment.

When Seaward proposed that fighting Joe Hooker should have the command of an entire brigade, Lincoln expressed an approval upon the ground that they “must win by Hook-er by Crook” (hook or by crook).