The marriage of Kate Chase to William Sprague inaugurated the most publicized union and divorce of the Civil War era. Katherine “Kate†Chase was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase; a leading antislavery politician and member of Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet. Motherless from an early age; she became her father’s official hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction years as well as his unofficial campaign manager. At the opening of the Civil War; her husband; William Sprague; was a wealthy industrialist; the “boy governor†of Rhode Island; a dashing military figure; and an alcoholic.
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