Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leonard, Elizabeth D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
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.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Judges
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1849-1877.
United States
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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 a full-scale biography of Holt, who has long been overlooked and misunderstood by historians and students of the war.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 417 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807869383
0807869384
9781469602738
1469602733

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