Lincoln's autocrat
the life of Edwin Stanton
A biography of Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln's Secretary of War during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction, offering a detailed examination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy.
The University of North Carolina Press
2015
9781469622491
book
- stanton, edwin m.
- (edwin mcmasters)
- 1814-1869
- lincoln, abraham
- 1809-1865
- friends and associates
- united states
- war department
- biography
- cabinet officers
- united states
- biography
- statesmen
- reconstruction (u.s. history, 1865-1877)
- reconstruction (1865-1876)
- united states
- history
- civil war, 1861-1865
- biography
- politics and government
- 1861-1865
- 1865-1869
- 1861-1865, civil war