Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Excellent guess, Michael, but kudos to Eva! Yes, it is David Homer Bates, author of Lincoln in the Telegraph Office. Bates worked in the War Department as part of the Military Telegraph Corps of the Army. He saw Lincoln almost daily as the President made constant visits to the War Department.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6075...omer-bates

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-war-i...bates.html

Well done, Eva!