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TIL Pres. Lincoln visited a field hospital and offered his hand to a wounded soldier. "Mr. President, do you know to whom you offer your hand?" "I do not," Lincoln said. "Well, you offer it to a Confederate colonel." Lincoln replied: "Well, I hope a Confederate colonel will not refuse me his hand."

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