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.