Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883) Governor of New York State (Republican, 1859-62), Edwin D. Morgan later served in Senate (1863-69), but his subsequent election bids were unsuccessful… Morgan supported President Lincoln’s war efforts and received a major general’s commission in the… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

George Ashmun (1804-1870) George Ashmun was a Congressman from Massachusetts (Whig, 1845-51) who served with Abraham Lincoln in Congress and took a similar anti-war stance against President James Polk. Ashmun was president of the… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

H. Judson Kilpatrick (1836 -1881) Kilpatrick biographer Samuel J. Martin wrote that Kilpatrick’s defects as a soldier appeared early in the Civil War: “he reacted rashly under pressure, striking out blindly against adversaries…without thinking of the possible consequences. He was not…” Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

Herman Haupt (1817-1905) Union official in charge of railroad construction, Herman Haupt served as the U.S. Railroad Superintendent from 1862 to 1863. His whole background was in railroading after his graduation from West Point—mostly in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He was chosen for… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

David Glasgow Farragut (1801-1870) David Glasgow Farragut was the Union Admiral who served most of the war as commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. The Southern-born officer led the Union capture of New Orleans in April 1862 and the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, in which he… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

William Slade According to biographer John E. Washington, “Many times when Slade had the opportunity of spending his nights at home with his family, he would put his three children – Katherine (Nibbie), Andrew, and Jessie in his carriage… and take them to the White House where they would…” Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

David Davis (1816-1886) A member of the Supreme Court, David Davis master-minded Lincoln’s convention strategy in 1860 and was named to the Supreme Court by President Lincoln in 1862, over fellow Illinoisan Orville Browning. Davis was a cousin of… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

The Petersen House After he was shot, the President was carried across 10th Street to a boarding house owned by William A. Peterson. In his diary entry the next day, Benjamin B. French recalled that he went “up to the house where the President lay. He was surrounded by the members of his cabinet, physicians, […]

First Inaugural Mr. Lincoln’s First Inauguration on March 4, 1861 took place on a cold but sunny day on the Capitol’s east front and under the Capitol’s unfinished dome. Mr. Lincoln’s official day began at Willard’s Hotel, where he had been… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >

Smithsonian Institution By the Civil War, the Smithsonian Institution had truly become an institution. The director was physicist Joseph Henry whom President Lincoln sometimes consulted on scientific questions. President Lincoln occasionally attended lectures at the Smithsonian, which was headquartered on the Capitol Mall in a red stone… Abraham Lincoln’s White House >