If you are planning a trip to Washington, DC, I have two additional stops for your visit.
First, is President Lincoln’s Cottage (see: www.lincolncottage.org). The Cottage was recently restored and pictured above. The story of Lincoln at the Cottage is well told in two books, Lincoln’s Sanctuary by Matthew Pinsker and Lincoln’s Other White House by Elizabeth Smith Brownstein. From the online Cottage fact sheet, “The first designated National Cemetery is adjacent to the Soldier’s Home and was in Lincoln’s clear view. More than 5,000 were buried there during the Civil War. It was after this cemetery reached capacity that Arlington National Cemetery was established.”
Second, is the first designated National Cemetery, now the US Soldier’s and Airemen’s Home National Cemetery, mentioned above as adjacent to the Cottage and located at 21 Harwood Road, NW. Here you will want to find the headstone of Peter Saylor, my great-great grandfather, located in Section G, # 4156, pictured below. Peter Saylor was Elizabeth (Saylor) Smith’s grandfather and also the grandfather of Stewart Cleveland Saylor. Peter enlisted 25 OCT 1862 in the 161^st Volunteer Regiment, 16^th PA Cavalry and died of Tuberculosis 5 NOV 1863.