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

This manuscript is the first biography of Joseph Holt, the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General during the Civil War. Leonard argues that Holt has been portrayed as more or less a caricature of himself, flatly represented as the brutal prosecutor of Lincoln's assassins and the judge who allo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Leonard, Elizabeth
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Collection:CWA.
Sujets:
Holt, Joseph, > 1807-1894.
Holt, Joseph, > 1807-1894
United States. > Army. > Judge Advocate General's Department > History.
United States. > Army. > Judge Advocate General's Department
1849-1877
Judges > United States > Biography.
Juges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Judges
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1849-1877.
United States
Biographies
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Laying the Foundation, 1807-1835; 2 The Long Journey from Louisville to Washington, 1835-1857; 3 Serving Buchanan, Serving the Nation, 1857-1860; 4 Standing for the Union, 1861-1862; 5 Lincoln's Judge Advocate General, September 3, 1862-April 14, 1865; 6 Assassination and Its Aftermath, April 14, 1865-April 3, 1866; 7 Fighting the Tide, April 1866-December 1868; 8 The Grant Years, Retirement, and Beyond, January 1869-August 1894; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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