Bibliograph

Lincoln's autocrat, the life of Edwin Stanton, William Marvel

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Lincoln's autocrat, the life of Edwin Stanton, William Marvel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lincoln's autocrat

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

William Marvel

Series statement

Civil War America

Sub title

the life of Edwin Stanton

Summary

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 in more than fifty years, William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy. Marvel argues that while Stanton was a formidable advocate and politician, his character was hardly benign. Climbing from a difficult youth to the pinnacle of power, Stanton used his authority--and the public coffers--to pursue political vendettas, and he exercised sweeping wartime powers with a cavalier disregard for civil liberties

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Life of Edwin Stanton

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