One deserted the army, one was honorably discharged, and another deserted or died a prisoner of war. Bixby's five sons died in battle (Charles and Oliver).

Later it was revealed that only two of Mrs. Lincoln's letter to her was printed by the Boston Evening Transcript. Lydia Bixby, a widow who was believed to have lost five sons during the Civil War. Andrew wrote to President Lincoln asking him to express condolences to Mrs. In the fall of 1864, Massachusetts Governor John A. Allison.Īlmost all Civil War Historians have heard the story of the letter President Lincoln wrote to the mother of supposed 5 sons slain in battle. The first family is an interesting story.

Here in Schuylkill County we had two families that supplied 4 members of the same family the Allison family from Port carbon and the Beaumont family from St. THE ALLISON BROTHERS AND THE BEAUMONT BROTHERSįIGHTING FAMILIES FROM SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.ĭuring the Civil War their were many families who supplied sons to the Union cause. The Allison Brothers And The Monument In Port Carbon