Deepest Sympathies for a patriot.

"I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss that’s so overwhelming.   But I cannot refrain from tendering you The consolation that may be found in the Appreciation and reflection of the republic they died to save. I pray that The Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your berevmeant and leave you only the cherished memory of the love and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully. Abraham Lincoln"