In 1862, during the Civil War, President Lincoln personally intervened to appoint a Jewish officer to the United States military.
The Heroic Death of a Jewish Union Colonel in the American Civil War
A rare letter describes the death of Jewish Union colonel Marcus M. Spiegel during an ambush by Confederate forces in the Civil War
Theodore Roosevelt Praises Jewish Leader During Kishinev Pogrom Crisis
Simon Wolf was, for decades, the de facto representative of American Jewry. In this early 20th-century document he is praised by President Theodore Roosevelt.
