President Abraham Lincoln seated and examining map of the campaign, with Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War, polishing his glasses, on the right and General Ulysses Simpson Grant on the left.
Curatorial Statement
The Council of War commemorates the victorious military leadership of the Union, consisting of President Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and General Ulysses S. Grant. It is one of thousands produced by John Rogers's New York studio between 1860 and 1893 for a middle-class market.
