President Abraham Lincoln and his council of war, 1861.


President Abraham Lincoln at the President’s House in Washington , in a council with members of his cabinet, Lieutenant General Scott and other officers of the Army. Depicted in the print are President Lincoln seated at the left end of the table, Secretary of State William H. Seward seated next to him, General Scott standing and pointing at a map, Secretary of War Simon Cameron. George B. McClellan standing behind Cameron, and Army officers Benjamin F. Butler, John E. Wool, Robert Anderson, John C. Fremont, and John A. Dix seated or standing around the table opposite President Lincoln.


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