Georg Michael Hahn Image Gallery

For the inauguration of Unionist Louisiana Gov. Michael Hahn on March 4, 1865, Patrick Gilmore gathered all military musicians in New Orleans for the swearing-in ceremony at Lafayette Square. The band leader also brought in other local musicians and bands. When he had all his players assembled, there would have been several hundred performers. This drawing by C. E. H. Bonwill was published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-132932. Caption Courtesy of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities / Louisiana Cultural Vistas.

Georg Michael Hahn's tomb is located in Metairie cemetery.

Hahn’s death notice in the Picayune newspaper.

Hahn ran the Daily True Delta newspaper in New Orleans.

A closeup view of Georg Michael Hahn's tomb in Metairie cemetery. It was the tomb of his half sister Julia, who married George Antz. Antz was born in Bavaria and became a jeweler in New Orleans.

A young Georg Michael Hahn.

From the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Diane Hine, descendant of Hahn, at the dedication of the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Nancy Wilson as host for the dedication of the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Dr. Vaughan Burdin Baker and Dr. Amos E. Simpson, authors of the Hahn book at the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Descendants of Hahn at the dedication of the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, from left, Gail Hartgraze and Diane Hine with their mother Marilyn Santa Cruz. Not pictured are Bruce and Mark Santa Cruz. The women attended the opening of the exhibit at the St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Marilyn Richoux, founder of the St. Charles Historical Foundation, at the dedication of the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Plot map of Hahnville in 1877 showing some original street names. Some of the streets were named after Hahn's friends. Upriver from the St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville. (Courtesy of Henry E. Yoes III).

Settlement of Flaggville, drawn by Othello J. Flagg. Downriver from the St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville.

Depicts Georg Michael Hahn.

Sketch of Governor Georg Michael Hahn.

Caroline Clausen Urban was Hahn's half sister and recipient of his small estate. She was born in New York on May 6, 1837 and lived in St. Louis, Mo., where she was raised by her half sister, Julia. Her husband, Dominique Urban, was from Alsace-Lorraine. They were married June 19, 1856 in St. Louis. He became a major in the second Missouri light artillery. By 1860, he was listed as a St. Louis assessor in the St. Louis directory. They moved to New Orleans after the Civil War.

Bust of Governor Georg Michael Hahn. Sculpted by Lorraine Gendron. From the Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Inaugural Address of Michael Hahn.

Letter from Edward Stanton, secretary of war, to Michal Hahn in 1864.

This letter sent from Lincoln to Hahn is often called the “Jewel of Liberty” letter. It was passed down through the Hahn family and was thought to be the original. However, the curator at the Lincoln Collection at the Illinois State Historical Society concluded it is a very good original copy and stated that several specialized copies are in existence. Dr. Lynn Bower, Curator of the Lincoln Papers, noted there are similar copies in diverse collections such as the University of Portland (OR) Library, Iowa State Department of History & Archives, Massachusetts Historical Society, and Harvard University. The original of the letter had been in the collection of Roger W. Barrett of Chicago, but Sotheby’s of New York sold it at auction in 1994 for $260,000.

A descendant of Hahn holding the only known remaining piece of Hahn's China. Her father, John Shaughnessy, gave Hahn a loan on the money he needed to get to Washington, D.C. to be sworn into the Senate.

Lorraine Gendron is holding her artwork of Hahn and his home in Hahnville. To her right is Hahn descendant Marilyn Santa Cruz.

Replica dishes of Hahn's painted by Lorraine Gendron.

The St. Charles Herald, 1875. The newspaper started in 1873 and was owned by Governor Michael Hahn.

Document of Hahn's donation of land to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hahnville.

A donation of land from Michael Hahn to Fanny Scoff, wife of Richard Woods, of Hahnville.

Cover of Michael Hahn Memorial Book.

Memorial of Michael Hahn.

New Orleans Republican Newspaper. The official journal of the State of Louisiana 1867-1877.

Photo of Antoinette Howard, Hahn's cook. On bottom of photo cardboard frame - "Linda - 6 months - Mudd." Photo courtesy of Fred Labry Family.

Home of Governor Michael Hahn in Hahnville as it looks today. The home later became the estate of Louis Albert Keller.

Hahn with his home in Hahnville. Painting by Lorraine Gendron.

A press clipping from one of Michael Hahn’s newspapers. (Courtesy of Phyllis Mayhall Barraco).

During this time the Hahnville Daily Stage continued to follow its schedule and made stops between railroad depots and towns away from railroad lines. (Photo courtesy of St. Charles Herald).

Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

Georg Michael Hahn Exhibit, St. Charles Parish Courthouse in Hahnville, by St. Charles Historical Foundation.

St. James Methodist Church in Hahnville, 1862. Land was donated by Gov. Hahn to build a church. The church was also used as a school.

Letter left at this site by Tonti for LaSalle. Located in Hahnville on La. 18 (River Road)Flaggville Historical Marker.