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Apr 9, 2024 · Edwin M. Stanton (born December 19, 1814, Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.—died December 24, 1869, Washington, D.C.) was the secretary of war who, under Pres. Abraham Lincoln, tirelessly presided over the giant Union military establishment during most of the American Civil War (1861–65).
Mar 14, 2024 · A new series dramatizes Edwin Stanton’s hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the aftermath of the president’s 1865 assassination. In the hours following Abraham Lincoln’s ...
Mar 16, 2024 · Edwin Stanton (Tobias Menzies) leads the series as Lincoln’s close confidant and secretary of war, who goes on a mission to track down John Wilkes Booth (Anthony Boyle) after he shoots...
Jan 12, 2024 · December 19, 1814–December 24, 1869. Edwin McMasters Stanton was United States Secretary of War from 1862 to 1868, serving under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson.
Aug 10, 2017 · Lincoln’s War Secretary. By Walter Stahr. Illustrated. 743 pp. Simon & Schuster. $35. During his second tour of America, in 1867, Charles Dickens dined in Washington with the secretary of war,...
The Cabinet: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869) President Lincoln once told Congressman George Julian: “I do not see how he survives, why he is not crushed and torn to pieces. Without him I should be destroyed. He performs his task superhumanly.” 1 The object of Mr. Lincoln’s concern was Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
Apr 13, 2017 · Updated on April 13, 2017. Edwin M. Stanton was secretary of war in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet for most of the Civil War. Though he had not been a political supporter of Lincoln's before joining the cabinet, he became devoted to him, and worked diligently to direct military operations until the end of the conflict.
