Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard Book

List of Illustrations     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     ix
The Stoddard Family Tree     15
Childhood in Rochester     22
Boyhood in Homer     27
The Old Garret and Other Wonders     38
In the Village     46
The River     51
The Hill and the Woods     57
The Academy and the Shop     62
Syracuse: The Young City     67
The Onondaga Street House     73
Hoyt's School     79
The Bookstore     86
The New Garret     92
The Church     99
The Jerry Rescue Riot     105
Miscellaneous     112
Going to College     121
College Days     128
Junior Year     137
Grand Prairie     146
Log Cabin Home     157
Prairie Life     166
Prairie Winter     173
Frontier Journalism     179
Forward     187
Suppers, Characters, and Incidents     194
Lincoln and a New Beginning     204
War     218
A New Life in Washington     233
The War City     239
Guns and Things at the White House     247
A Very Busy Year     263
Wartime Enterprises     273
About Mr. Lincoln     286
The Long Winter of 1862     292
Forward March     303
On Assignment by the President     314
Year of Decision, 1864     325
Notes from the Southwest, and the Death of Lincoln     341
Afterword: Picturing Lincoln     347
Post Impressions   Eleanor Stoddard     361
Notes     369
Index     399