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The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that when Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law, Confederate Brig Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga, Lincoln's White House went into mourning?

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Emilie Helm

There should be a reference to Mrs Helm. She must have been an active rebel, since she was pardoned by Lincoln (though I am not sure how she could be pardoned without being convicted in the first place).101.98.74.13 (talk) 06:51, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was an amnesty program, see The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, that covered persons who "directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion" and were not a member of several except classes such as U.S. military officers that resigned their commission and then fought for the Confederacy. Generic1139 (talk) 16:56, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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