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Lincoln's Forgotten Ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky /

Joseph Holt, the stern, brilliant, and deeply committed Unionist from Kentucky, spent the first several months of the American Civil War successfully laboring to maintain Kentucky's loyalty to the Union, then went on to serve as President Lincoln's judge advocate general. This book offers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leonard, Elizabeth D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Laying the foundation, 1807-1835
  • The long journey from Louisville to Washington, 1835-1857
  • Serving Buchanan, serving the nation, 1857-1860
  • Standing for the Union, 1861-1862
  • Lincoln's Judge Advocate General, September 3, 1862-April 14, 1865
  • Assassination and its aftermath, April 14, 1865-April 3, 1866
  • Fighting the tide, April 1866-December 1868
  • The Grant years, retirement, and beyond, January 1869-August 1894.