books.google.com - On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that "some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing within forty eight...http://books.google.com/books/about/Inside_Lincoln_s_White_House.html?id=kBQf9_15jkMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareInside Lincoln's White House
