Trimble – White House steward Jimmy – White House maintenance man *Anna Miles – Herdon’s bride *James Stanton – Stanton’s infant son * Mr. Wadsworth – Republican candidate for Governor of NY *Horatio Seymore – Democratic Governor of NY *Andrew Johnson – Republican Governor of TN *William S. Rosenkrans – Union commander Ch 9 Charles Eames – Publisher, diplomat Mrs. Eames – Eames’s wife, fashionable hostess Baroness Gerolt – Gerolt’s wife Carlotta Gerolt – Gerolt’s daughter *M. Mercier – French diplomat *Otto von Bismarck – Prussian chancellor *Manton Marble – Editor of the New York World Mr. Sullivan – Saloon keeper, Confederate spy *”The Colonel” – Head of Confederate intelligence in DC *Artemus Ward – Comic author *Preston King – Republican Senator from NY *Laurence Stern – English author *Jacob Collamer – Senator from VT Ch 10 Mrs. Stanton – Stanton’s wife *Mrs Caleb Smith – Smith’s wife *John Usher – Appointed Secretary of the Interior, from IN *Sam Todd – Mrs. Lincoln’s half brother, killed at Shiloh *Aleck Todd – Mrs. Lincoln’s half brother, killed at Baton Rouge, “Little Aleck” *Clement C. Valladigham – Congressman from OH, Democratic “copperhead” William O’Connor – Treasury Department clerk, novelist *Ralph Waldo Emerson – Poet Walt Whitman – Poet, appointment seeker *Mr. Taylor – NY saloonkeeper *George Whitman – Whitman’s brother, Union soldier *Mrs. Whitman – Whitman’s mother Ch 11 Corporal Stone – Confederate soldier, Mrs. Lincoln’s friend from KY *John Todd – Mrs. Lincoln’s cousin, Confederate general *John Hunt Morgan – Confederate commander from KY *Mrs. Todd – Mrs. Lincoln’s stepmother *Charles Hay – Hay’s brother *Fanny Sprague – Sprague’s mother, New England matriarch Roscoe Conkling – Congressman from NY Ch 12 *George Meade – Union general *Governor Curtin – Governor of PA *The Biddles – Patrician family of PA *Mrs. Pomroy – Mrs. Lincoln’s nurse Captain Rewalt – Union physician from PA *Mr. Chandler – War Department telegraph operator *Miss Hooper – Daughter of Georgetown merchant *P.T. Barnum – Impresario *Tom Thumb – Entertainer *Mrs. Thumb – Entertainer Admiral Porter – Union naval commander *Mrs. Hanks – Lincoln’s mother *John C. Calhoun – Slavery advocate *Senator Morgan – Senator from NY Samuel J. Tilden – Former governor of NY *Martin Van Buren – Former president *Archbishop Hughes – Catholic archbishop of NY Part 3 - Ch 1 *Mr. Grover – Theater owner *E. L. Davenport – Actor *J. W. Wallack –