1858 (34 page)

When Seward first came to Washington his family remained at their Auburn, New York, home. In the lower photo, Seward sits with his family in the gardens of the Auburn house.

By 1858, the Sewards spent most of their time at their Washington, DC, house. Above, Seward talks to family members on the veranda porch at the rear of their home.

Courtesy of the Seward House Museum

Seward became Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state. Here, he sits in front of the table in a painting of Lincoln’s cabinet.

Courtesy of the Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, IN (Ref. # 2825)

Seward often traveled as secretary of state. This photo was taken of the secretary and the captain of the USS
Waywayanda
as it sailed the Atlantic.

Courtesy of the Seward House Museum

Seward sometimes traveled to army camps with members of his staff and/or family during the Civil War in visits similar to this trip to the headquarters of General Joseph Hooker.

Courtesy of the Seward House Museum

Former slave John Price was taken to the Wadsworth Hotel in Wellington, Ohio, where he was rescued by hundreds of local abolitionists. The much-publicized rescue and the trial of the men involved helped revive the antislavery movement the year after the
Dred Scott
decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Courtesy of Oberlin College

Professor Henry Peck, although not one of the Rescuers, went to jail with them and became their spokesman.

Courtesy of Oberlin College

This photo of the Rescuers in the yard of the county jail was published in numerous newspapers throughout the country and rallied millions of northerners to their cause.

Hastily printed broadsides such as this were posted throughout Oberlin and Wellington on the day the Rescuers were released from prison and scheduled to return home.

Courtesy of Oberlin College

In this composite photo/illustration of the Union high command, President Lincoln is surrounded by his top generals and admirals. Sherman is to Lincoln’s right and Grant is to his left.

Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame

This popular photo of General William Tecumseh Sherman shows him as the much-heralded Union General just three years after what appeared to be the end of his career selling corn at a road stand in 1858.

Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame

Sherman rapidly became one of the Union’s most successful generals. He is seen here on horseback during the campaign to capture Atlanta, Georgia, in 1864. That victory was followed by his infamous “march to the sea.”

Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame

Sherman’s image as the tough, despotic general seems betrayed by his gentle artwork, such as these drawings of a bird and a tent. Sherman enjoyed sketching and was an accomplished artist.

Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame

This is one of the last photos of a clean-shaven abolitionist John Brown. It was taken before the Missouri raid in which he and his men freed numerous slaves and took them to Canada.

Courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society