Lincoln's autocrat : the life of Edwin Stanton / William Marvel.

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Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. In the first full biography of Stanton...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Civil War America (Series)
Main Author: Marvel, William
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Stanton, Edwin M. > (Edwin McMasters), > 1814-1869.
Cabinet officers > United States > Biography.
United States. > War Department > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1869.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Cabinet officers.
Friendship.
Political science.
Statesmen.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 611 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Variant Title:
Life of Edwin Stanton.
Format: Book

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