Possible Anachronism in Lincoln

[Baker, John]

                In the new Steven Spielberg film Lincoln, at one point a political operator is so surprised to see the President that he says, "Well, I'll be fucked."  My impression is that this is an anachronistic or at least unlikely thing for someone to say in 1865, but what say the experts?


John Baker

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