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.
Lydia Bixby, U.S. Army
1862-10-17
National Archives and Records Administration - Compiled Military Service Record for Pvt. Arthur Edward Bixby, Company C, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery