On Jan. 12, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln was presented with a summary of the court martial of Army officer Fitz John Porter, which had ended two days before. Porter had
Fitz John Porter went on a leave of absence from March to October 1860 after returning home to New York City from his post as adjutant to Brig. Gen. Albert
By 1855, Fitz John Porter could boast of several achievements. He had graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1845 near the top of his
In 1852, 16-year-old Thomas Bailey Aldrich was forced to face reality — his family could not afford to send him to Harvard College. At that hallowed institution he would have
In 1838, Elias and Sarah Abba Bailey Aldrich packed their belongings and left Portsmouth, New Hampshire, with their 18-month-old son, Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The American author Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) was beloved during his lifetime for his poems, novels, and nonfiction writings which appealed to popular tastes. Today, he is most identified with
AT 2:35 a.m. ON SUNDAY, Oct. 24, 1852, Daniel Webster died. He was 70 years old. He had been suffering from a head injury sustained in a fall months before
THE LANDMARK Dartmouth College v. Woodward case, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 2, 1819, established Daniel Webster as one of the top lawyers in the country. His