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"Franklin Pierce, president of the United States and involved in the fight for Kansas."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Franklin Pierce

"Franklin Pierce, president of the United States and involved in the fight for Kansas."—E. Benjamin…

"Abraham Lincoln, former United States President, involved in slavery issues and the Civil War."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Abraham Lincoln

"Abraham Lincoln, former United States President, involved in slavery issues and the Civil War."—E.…

"James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States and involved in the pre-Civil War era."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

James Buchanan

"James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States and involved in the pre-Civil War era."—E.…

"Jeffeson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Jefferson Davis

"Jeffeson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

"Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States of America."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Alexander H. Stephens

"Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States of America."—E. Benjamin Andrews…

"Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States after the Civil War."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Ulysses S. Grant

"Ulysses S. Grant, president of the United States after the Civil War."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

"Samuel J. Tilden helped to reform the Democratic Party after the Civil War and ran for president."—E. Benjamin Andrews 1895

Samuel J. Tilden

"Samuel J. Tilden helped to reform the Democratic Party after the Civil War and ran for president."—E.…

"General Howe's quarters were in a house on High Street, one door east from the southeast corner of Sixth Street, where President Washington resided. Three houses, Nos. 192-194 High Street, now occupy the site of this mansion."—Lossing, 1851

Howe's Quarters

"General Howe's quarters were in a house on High Street, one door east from the southeast corner of…

"Washington Monument. The following are the inscriptions on the monument: East front: 'To George Washington, by the State of Maryland. Born 23d February, 1732. Died 14th December, 1799.' South front: 'To George Washington, President of the United States, 4th March, 1789. Returned to Mount Vernon, 4th March, 1797.' West front: To George Washington. Trenton, 25th December, 1776. Yorktown, 19th October, 1781.' North Front: 'To George Washington. Commander-in-chief of the American armies, 15th June, 1775. Commission resigned at Annapolis, 23d December, 1783.'"—Lossing, 1851

Washington Monument

"Washington Monument. The following are the inscriptions on the monument: East front: 'To George Washington,…

"Major General Burnside assuming command of the Army of the Potomac- issuing orders to his staff. 'Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, November 10th, 1862. In accordance with General Orders, No. 182, issued by the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. Patriotism, and the exercise of my every energy in the direction of this army, aided by the full and hearty co-operation of its officers and men, will I hope, under the blessing of God, insure its success. Having been a sharer of the privations, and a witness of the bravery of the old Army of the Potomac in the Maryland campaign, and fully identified with them in their feelings of respect and esteem for General McClellan, entertained through a long and most friendly association with him, I feel that it is not as a stranger I assume command. To the Ninth Army Corps, so long and intimately associated with me, I need say nothing; our histories are identical. With diffidence for myself, but with a proud confidence in the unswerving loyalty and determination of the gallant army now intrusted to my care, I accept its control, with the steadfast assurance that the just cause must prevail. A. E. Burnside, Major General Commanding.' Our illustration represents the general issuing orders to his staff immediately after assuming command." — Frank Leslie, 1896

General Burnside

"Major General Burnside assuming command of the Army of the Potomac- issuing orders to his staff. 'Headquarters,…

"The Old Magazine. This view is from the square, looking southeast. South of it is a neat frame building, which was occupied by President Tyler before his election to the office of Vice-president of the United States."—Lossing, 1851

Old Magazine

"The Old Magazine. This view is from the square, looking southeast. South of it is a neat frame building,…

"The Nelson Tombs. This view is from the burial-ground looking down the York River toward Chesapeake Bay. The inscription upon the first monument is in Latin; the following is a translation of it: 'Here lies, in certain hope of a resurrection in Christ, Thomas Nelson, gentleman, son of Hugo and Sarah Nelson, of Penrith, in the county of Cumberland; born February 20th, A. D. 1677, died October 7th, 1745, aged sixty-eight years.' The inscription upon the second monument is much longer, and quite eulogistic. William Nelson was president of his majesty's council in Virginia, and died on the nineteenth of November, 1772, at the age of sixty-one years. No epitaph tells of the many virtues and heroic deeds of him who lies in the obscure vault beyond. History has written them upon the enduring pages of the chronicles of our republic; and in this work his biography and portrait may be found among those of the signers of the Delcaration of Independence."—Lossing, 1851

Nelson Tombs

"The Nelson Tombs. This view is from the burial-ground looking down the York River toward Chesapeake…

"View at the Spring; Hobkirk's Hill. It is at the hed of a ravine, scooped out of the northeastern slope of Hobkirk's Hill. The noble trees which shadow it are tulips, poplars, and pines. The house seen on the top of the hill, toward the left, is the residence of William E. Johnson, Esq., president of the Camden Bank. A few yards below the spring a dike has been cast up, across the ravine, by which a fine duck pond is formed, and adds beauty to the scene, in summer."—Lossing, 1851

Hobkirk's Hill

"View at the Spring; Hobkirk's Hill. It is at the hed of a ravine, scooped out of the northeastern slope…

"Woodhull's Grave. Nathaniel Woodhull was born at Mastic, Long Island, December 30, 1722. Agriculture was the chief pursuit of his life. He was a major, under Abercrombie, in the attack upon Crown Point and Ticonderoga, and afterward accompanied Bradstreet against Fort Frontenac. He was a colonel, under Amherst, in 1760, and at the close of the campaign he returned home and married Ruth Floyd. He espoused the popular side in the Stamp Act movements, and, possessing the esteem of the people, he was elected, with William Nicoll, a representative of Suffolk county, in the Colonial Assembly in 1769. He represented Suffolk in the first Provincial Congress in 1775, and was elected president of that body. He was appointed a brigadier of militia in August of that year, and in July, 1776, he was summoned home to embody the militia of Suffolk and Queens, to assist in repelling invasion. He was engaged in this service when he ws made a prisoner, cruelly wounded by a British officer, and died of his injuries three weeks afterward, at New Utrecht. His wife, who was with him in his last moments, conveyed his body to Mastic, and there, in a secluded family cemetary, a short distance from his residence, his remains rest. A marble slab marks his grave, and bears the following inscription: 'In memory of General Nathaniel Woodhull, who, wounded and a prisoner, died on the twentieth of September, 1776, in the fifty-fourth year of his age; regretted by all who knew how to value his many private virtues, and that pure zeal for the rights of his country to which he perished a victim.'"—Lossing, 1851

Woodhull's Grave

"Woodhull's Grave. Nathaniel Woodhull was born at Mastic, Long Island, December 30, 1722. Agriculture…

"George Brinton McClellan was born at Philadelphia, December 3, 1826. He was for two years a student in the University of Virginia, but in 1842 he became a cadet at West Point, where he was the youngest in his class. He made his mark, however, for, on graduating in 1846, he stood second in general rank, and first in engineering. He engaged in the Mexican War, and took part in the siege of Vera Cruz, along with Lee and Beauregard. He was brevetted captain, and after the war he was employed by the government in surveys beyond the Mississippi. When the Crimean War occurred, Captain McClellan was one of a commission sent by the United States government to examine the military systems of Europe, and to report on the better organization of the American army. He made an important report, on his return, and then retired from the service, and became president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. He was living in Cincinnati when the war broke out, and the governor of Ohio at once commissioned him major general of the Ohio militia. He had most winning qualities and an unblemished character, so that he attached every one who came in contact with him. Near the close of the war, he became the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. He was elected governor of New Jersey in 1877, and died at Orange, in that State, October 29, 1885."—Scudder, 1897

George B. McClellan

"George Brinton McClellan was born at Philadelphia, December 3, 1826. He was for two years a student…

"The Military Order of the Loyal Legion is the first society formed by officers honorably discharged from the service of the United States in the Civil War. On the day after the assassination of President Lincoln, Col. S. B. Wylie Mitchell, Capt. Peter D. Keyser, M. D., and Lieut.-Col. T. Ellwood Zell met in Philadelphia to arrange for a meeting of ex-officers of the army and navy to adopt resolutions relative to the death of President Lincoln. It was decided to effect a permanent organization, and an adjourned meeting was held for this purpose in Philadelphia, May 3, 1865. Total membership of its three classes, over 8,500."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Badge of the Loyal Legion

"The Military Order of the Loyal Legion is the first society formed by officers honorably discharged…

Appointed by President Cleveland to the position of governor of Wyoming Territory.

Thomas Moonlight

Appointed by President Cleveland to the position of governor of Wyoming Territory.

Military officer and candidate for president

John Charles Fremont

Military officer and candidate for president

Son of Abraham Lincoln and U. S. Secretary of War under President Garfield's administration.

Robert Todd Lincoln

Son of Abraham Lincoln and U. S. Secretary of War under President Garfield's administration.

President of Mexico, known by some as a dictator, and ruled from 1876 to 1911.

Porfirio Diaz

President of Mexico, known by some as a dictator, and ruled from 1876 to 1911.

Served as the United States Secretary of War during President Cleveland's second term.

Daniel S. Lamont

Served as the United States Secretary of War during President Cleveland's second term.

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an educator and women's suffragist. She was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Willard founded <em>The Union Signal</em>. She was also active is the passage of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

Frances Elizabeth Willard

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an educator and women's suffragist. She was president of the…

Developed Pitman Shorthand and was vice-president of the Vegetarian Society.

Isaac Pitman

Developed Pitman Shorthand and was vice-president of the Vegetarian Society.

Sherman was a Senator from Ohio and Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes.

John Sherman

Sherman was a Senator from Ohio and Secretary of the Treasury under President Hayes.

Fairchild was Attorney General of New York and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Fairchild also was president of Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad and director of the Erie and Pittsburgh Railroad.

Charles Stebbins Fairchild

Fairchild was Attorney General of New York and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Fairchild also was president…

Mrs. Rodgers was a delegate at the Knights of Labor convention at Richmond in 1887. She organized the first working women's union in Chicago and was president of the Eighth Ward Land League and also of the Daughters of Erin.

Elizabeth Rodgers

Mrs. Rodgers was a delegate at the Knights of Labor convention at Richmond in 1887. She organized the…

Bush is president of the Bush and Denslow Manufacturing Company, refiners and dealers in oil.

R. T. Bush

Bush is president of the Bush and Denslow Manufacturing Company, refiners and dealers in oil.

A president of the Mormon church.

George Q. Cannon

A president of the Mormon church.

Famous 19th century actor, and brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln. Booth played in <em>Richard III</em> and many Shakespearean tragedies.

Edwin Booth

Famous 19th century actor, and brother of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Lincoln. Booth…

U.S. Senator from Delaware and Secretary of State under President Cleveland.

Thomas F. Bayard

U.S. Senator from Delaware and Secretary of State under President Cleveland.

Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston was the First Lady of the United States, President Grover Cleveland's wife.

Frances Cleveland

Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston was the First Lady of the United States, President Grover Cleveland's…

Served for the Union during the Civil War and was president of the Preston Coal Oil Company.

General William Rosecrans

Served for the Union during the Civil War and was president of the Preston Coal Oil Company.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi. A United States Representative and Senator, he also served as United States Secretary of the Interior in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, as well as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (September 17, 1825 – January 23, 1893) was an American politician…

Served as Secretary of War under President Cleveland.

William Crownshield Endicott

Served as Secretary of War under President Cleveland.

Founder and president of the Naval War College.

Stephen Luce

Founder and president of the Naval War College.

President or manager of several railroad companies.

James W. Hyatt

President or manager of several railroad companies.

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was President of Venezuela for three separate terms, from 1870–1877, from 1879–1884, and from 1886–1887.

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco

Antonio Leocadio Guzmán Blanco (28 February 1829 – 28 July 1899) was President of Venezuela for three…

Postmaster-general under President Cleveland.

Don Dickinson

Postmaster-general under President Cleveland.

Senator from Maryland and president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.

Arthur Pue Gorman

Senator from Maryland and president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.

American politician.

George G. Vest

American politician.

President of the New York Central railroad.

Chauncey M. Depew

President of the New York Central railroad.

Educator who became president of Harvard and presided over a period of great growth which included the introduction of the elective system and the teaching of women.

Charles W. Eliot

Educator who became president of Harvard and presided over a period of great growth which included the…

Sister of President Cleveland, wroter <em>Studies</em> and was first lady of the land.

Rose E. Cleveland

Sister of President Cleveland, wroter Studies and was first lady of the land.

Canddiate for president on the Union Labor ticket in 1888.

A. J. Streeter

Canddiate for president on the Union Labor ticket in 1888.

General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.

General Ulysses Grant

General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.

President Mole.

Mole

President Mole.

"Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born in Ohio on the 7th of September, 1819." &mdash;The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888

Thomas A. Hendricks

"Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born in Ohio on the 7th of September, 1819." —The Popular Cyclopedia,…

A convention for the election of a president.

Political Party Convention

A convention for the election of a president.

A meeting of the Presidential cabinet.

President's Cabinet

A meeting of the Presidential cabinet.

President Lincoln and his son Tad.

President Lincoln and Tad

President Lincoln and his son Tad.

A prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and the president of the Transvaal Republic in South Africa.

Paul Kruger

A prominent Boer resistance leader against British rule and the president of the Transvaal Republic…

The sixteenth president of the United States, born in Hardin county, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1809; died April 15, 1865. He was a great opposer of slavery.

Abraham Lincoln

The sixteenth president of the United States, born in Hardin county, Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1809; died April…

A French politician and the 7th president of the French republic.

Emile Loubet

A French politician and the 7th president of the French republic.

Twenty-fourth president of the United States, born at Niles, Ohio Jan. 29, 1843; died Sept. 14, 1901. Previously, the 39th Governor of Ohio.

William McKinley

Twenty-fourth president of the United States, born at Niles, Ohio Jan. 29, 1843; died Sept. 14, 1901.…

The fourth President of the United States. He was co-author, with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, of the Federalist Papers, and is traditionally regarded as the Father of the United States Constitution.

James Madison

The fourth President of the United States. He was co-author, with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, of…

The fifth president of the United States, born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, April 28, 1758; died in New York City, July 4, 1831.

James Monroe

The fifth president of the United States, born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, April 28, 1758; died…

Ford's Theatre in Washington, where President Lincoln was assassinated.

Ford's Theatre

Ford's Theatre in Washington, where President Lincoln was assassinated.

A statesman, born in Oxford, Mass., Sept. 15, 1835. In 1856 he completed a course at Brown University, studied three years at the Harvard Law School, and after being admitted to the bar, developed a successful practice in Boston. In 1874 he entered the Massachusetts legislature, but soon after retired from public life to attend his extensive law practice, President Cleveland appointed him attorney-general in 1893, and in 1895 he became secretary of state as successor to Gresham, the duties of which office he administered with much ability.

Richard Olney

A statesman, born in Oxford, Mass., Sept. 15, 1835. In 1856 he completed a course at Brown University,…

The fourteenth president of the United States, born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Nov. 23, 1804; died in Concord, Oct. 8, 1869.

Franklin Pierce

The fourteenth president of the United States, born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Nov. 23, 1804; died…

The eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. Polk was born in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, but mostly lived in and represented state of Tennessee.

James Polk

The eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. Polk was born…