Benjamin Harrison #2: Getting Noticed (1854-1862); Topics covered include: Law practice (slow start), birth of son, Russell, aligns with Republican Party, elected City Attorney (Cincinnati), Secretary State Central Committee of the Republican Party (Indiana), birth of daughter, Mary (Mamie), elected Reporter for the State Supreme Court, election of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War begins, focus on law practice, and agrees to recruit a regiment of volunteers for the Union Army

Key people: Carrie Harrison, John Rea, William Wallace, Russell Harrison, John Scott Harrison, Mary (Mamie) Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, Thomas Hendricks, William "Pink" Fishback, George McClellan, and Oliver Morton

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