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Stephen A. Hurlbut
Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (November 29, 1815 – March 27, 1882), was a politician, diplomat, and commander of the U.S. Army of the Gulf in the American Civil War.
==Early life==
Born in Charleston, South Carolina to Martin Luther Hurlbut and Lydia Bunce. His father was a Unitarian minister and educator.〔Lash, J. N. (1984). (The Reverend Martin Luther Hurlbut: Yankee President of Beaufort College, 1812-1814. ) ''The South Carolina Historical Magazine'', 85(4), 305–316.〕 Hurlbut studied law with James L. Petigru as his mentor, worked for him as a law clerk, and was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1837. During the Second Seminole War, he served as adjutant of a South Carolina infantry regiment. In 1845, Hurlbut relocated to Illinois, where he established a law practice in Belvidere. He started his own family in 1847 after marrying Sophronia R. Stevens; she gave birth to two of his children.〔Steven E. Woodworth. (Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus ). ''American National Biography Online''. February 2000. Retrieved November 29, 2015,〕
In 1847, Hurlbut took part in the Illinois constitutional convention as a Whig delegate. He served as a presidential elector for the Whig Party in the 1848 Presidential Election, and became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln during campaigning for ''Old Rough and Ready'' Zachary Taylor. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1859, and re-elected in 1861.〔(Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus, (1815 - 1882) ), ''Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress''.〕
Hurlbut campaigned for Lincoln during the presidential election in 1860, and attended Lincoln's first inauguration on March 4, 1861. He and Colonel Ward H. Lamon performed a fact-finding mission on Lincoln's request, and visited Charleston on March 24-26, 1961, to investigate and report, "the actual state of feeling in this City & State."〔(Mr. Lincoln and Friends. The Officers: Stephen A. Hurlbut (1815-1882) ). ''Project of the Lincoln Institute''.〕 Lamon received a separate assighment from William H. Seward to visit Fort Sumter. On March 27, 1861, Hurlbut wrote a detailed report where he stated,
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