The Resource Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Elizabeth D. Leonard, (electronic book)
Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Elizabeth D. Leonard, (electronic book)
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The item Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Elizabeth D. Leonard, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- This manuscript is the first biography of Joseph Holt, the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General during the Civil War. Leonard argues that Holt has been portrayed as more or less a caricature of himself, flatly represented as the brutal prosecutor of Lincoln's assassins and the judge who allowed Mary Surratt to be hanged despite knowing her sentence had been reduced. Leonard contends that the southern view of Holt became the predominant way we see him, in large part because the memory perpetrated by the Lost Cause defined Holt as ruthless toward Southerners and the South. But Leonard argues that
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 417 p.
- Contents
-
- Laying the foundation, 1807-1835
- The long journey from Louisville to Washington, 1835-1857
- Serving Buchanan, serving the nation, 1857-1860
- Standing for the Union, 1861-1862
- Lincoln's Judge Advocate General, September 3, 1862-April 14, 1865
- Assassination and its aftermath, April 14, 1865-April 3, 1866
- Fighting the tide, April 1866-December 1868
- The Grant years, retirement, and beyond, January 1869-August 1894
- Label
- Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky
- Title
- Lincoln's forgotten ally
- Title remainder
- Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky
- Statement of responsibility
- Elizabeth D. Leonard
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This manuscript is the first biography of Joseph Holt, the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General during the Civil War. Leonard argues that Holt has been portrayed as more or less a caricature of himself, flatly represented as the brutal prosecutor of Lincoln's assassins and the judge who allowed Mary Surratt to be hanged despite knowing her sentence had been reduced. Leonard contends that the southern view of Holt became the predominant way we see him, in large part because the memory perpetrated by the Lost Cause defined Holt as ruthless toward Southerners and the South. But Leonard argues that
- Cataloging source
- CaPaEBR
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Leonard, Elizabeth
- Dewey number
-
- 355.0092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF368.H586
- LC item number
- L46 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- standards specifications
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Judges
- United States
- Holt, Joseph
- United States
- Label
- Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Elizabeth D. Leonard, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Laying the foundation, 1807-1835 -- The long journey from Louisville to Washington, 1835-1857 -- Serving Buchanan, serving the nation, 1857-1860 -- Standing for the Union, 1861-1862 -- Lincoln's Judge Advocate General, September 3, 1862-April 14, 1865 -- Assassination and its aftermath, April 14, 1865-April 3, 1866 -- Fighting the tide, April 1866-December 1868 -- The Grant years, retirement, and beyond, January 1869-August 1894
- Control code
- ebr10503300
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- xii, 417 p.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Original version note
- Original electronic resource
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Lincoln's forgotten ally : Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky, Elizabeth D. Leonard, (electronic book)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Laying the foundation, 1807-1835 -- The long journey from Louisville to Washington, 1835-1857 -- Serving Buchanan, serving the nation, 1857-1860 -- Standing for the Union, 1861-1862 -- Lincoln's Judge Advocate General, September 3, 1862-April 14, 1865 -- Assassination and its aftermath, April 14, 1865-April 3, 1866 -- Fighting the tide, April 1866-December 1868 -- The Grant years, retirement, and beyond, January 1869-August 1894
- Control code
- ebr10503300
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- xii, 417 p.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Original version note
- Original electronic resource
- Other physical details
- ill., ports.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic resource.
- Specific material designation
- remote
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