Letter: [Washington, D.C.], to Benjamin Stanton, 1861 Feb. 7.

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Letter: [Washington, D.C.], to Benjamin Stanton, 1861 Feb. 7.

Lists government military forts and barracks seized by seceding states.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Stanton, Benjamin, 1809-1872

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Lawyer, public official, and U.S. representative from Ohio (1851-1853, 1855-1861). From the description of Benjamin Stanton correspondence, 1856 July 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980518 Benjamin Stanton was an attorney, lieutenant governor of Ohio, and a U. S. Representative. He practiced law in Bellefontaine, Ohio. He served as a member of the Ohio Senate in 1841 and 1843. Stanton was elected as a Whig to the U. S. Congress and served from 1851 to 1853. He had a dau...

Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894

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Joseph Holt, 1807-94, American public official, judge advocate general of the U.S. army (1862-75). A native of Kentucky, he became a well-known lawyer and prominent Democratic politician. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him commissioner of patents in 1857, and in 1859 he became Postmaster General. In the beginning of 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War, he was Secretary of War. A staunch opponent of the secession movement, Holt was instrumental in preventing Kentucky from seceding. ...