Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1899 - Cabinet officers |
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administration appointment army attack Attorney-General authority battle battle of Williamsburg Buchanan Buell Cabinet capital cause CHAPTER Chickahominy command commenced confidence Congress Constitution coöperation corps December Democratic Department dispatch disunion Donelson duty election Ellet enemy evacuated execution favor February federal Floyd force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forts friends governor Grant gunboats Halleck Heintzelman hostility Jackson James River Jefferson Davis Judge Black land letter Limantour Lincoln Major Anderson Manassas March McClellan McDowell ment Merrimac military movement never Ohio operations opinion party patriotic peninsular campaign Pittsburg pledge political Potomac President President's rebel rebellion received reinforcements replied Republican resignation Richmond says secession Secretary of War Secretary Stanton Senate sent slave slavery South Carolina Southern Steubenville Sumter telegraphed tion treason Trescott troops Union United victory Virginia vote War Department Washington Whig Yorktown