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L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden
1824–1900
A Vermont lawyer, banker, and public servant who moved through some of the most turbulent years in American history, he later turned those experiences into lively historical writing. He is especially remembered for firsthand accounts of Abraham Lincoln’s administration and for a long career that joined politics, finance, and letters.
3 Audiobooks
Strange stories of the Civil War
by Robert Shackleton, L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden, William Drysdale, G. A. Forsyth, John Habberton, William J. Henderson, Lucy C. (Lucy Cecil) Lillie, Howard Patterson
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden
Lincoln and the Sleeping Sentinel: The True Story
by L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden
About the author
Born in Williston, Vermont, in 1824, Lucius Eugene Chittenden trained as a lawyer and built a varied public career as an attorney, banker, politician, and writer. He served in the Vermont Senate and became president of the Commercial Bank in Burlington before entering national office during the Civil War era.
Chittenden is best known in public history for serving as Register of the Treasury during Abraham Lincoln’s administration. His government work placed him close to major national events, and he later drew on that experience in books and memoirs, including well-known recollections of Lincoln and the people around him.
Beyond politics, he was also active as a peace advocate and remained a committed man of letters throughout his life. He died in Burlington, Vermont, in 1900, leaving behind a body of writing valued for its direct connection to nineteenth-century American public life.