The story originates from a book by 19th century novelist Edward Ellis. According to my notes, I found that almost every fact in the story is incorrect, but based on truth. I read through pages and pages of Gales and Seaton records (they kept the Congressional Record for many years.) I wish I had more details written down, but I don’t. You can find Gales and Seaton online somewhere and look through it if interested.
I appreciate your input, I searched to see if it was a myth,What I found was it was posted in quite a few places,with out any references to it not being factual.
Not that that makes it true,it rang true