Lincoln Story Book, The

<h3>MOST AFRAID OF A FRIENDLY SHOT.</h3> <p>General Wadsworth, in his anxiety about the President's safety in Washington, swarming with insurgent agents, set a cavalry guard over the President's carriage. He went and complained to General Halleck, in charge of the capital, saying only partly facetiously:</p> <p>"Why, Mrs. Lincoln and I cannot hear ourselves talk for the clatter of their sabers and spurs; and some of them appear to be new hands and very awkward, so that I am more afraid of being shot by the accidental discharge of a carbine or revolver than of any attempt upon my life by a roving squad of 'Jeb' Stuart's cavalry."</p> <p>(Since Stuart came twenty miles within the Union lines, he was the criterion of rebel raiders' possibilities.) <br/> <br/> <br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />