Photo - Harriet Beecher Stowe

A photo of the American writer, Harriet Beecher Stowe.  After she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, President Lincoln commented to her:  "So you are the little lady who made this big war."  

This image is from the National Archives' Civil-War photograph collection.  Click on it to increase its size.

Credits

Courtesy, U.S. National Archives, image 208-N-25004.