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Frank Abial Flower

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LXXI. STORM-SWEPT. It was snowing and blustering on the day Stanton was born-- December 19,1814; blowing and drifting on the evening of his marriage--December 31, 1836; sleeting and gusty on the day his wife Mary was buried--March, 1844; dangerously tempestuous during his ocean trip to California in 1858; snowing and drifting when he was summoned from Pittsburg to a place in Buchanan's cabinet in December, 1860; blowing a gale when he was selected to be secretary of war in Lincoln's cabinet in January, 1862; snow-squalling and boisterous when, just a week later, he took the cabinet minister's oath of office; cyclonic the night he steamed down the Chesapeake to capture Norfolk and sink the Mcrrimac in May, 1862; rainy and stormy when President Grant selected him to be an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in December, 1869; witheringly cold and windy when (December 20) he arose from the sick-bed to go to the White House to thank Grant in person for the honor thus conferred upon him; sleeting and storming on the night of his death (December 24, 1869) and cold, foggy, drizzling, and gloomy on the day of his burial--December 27, 1869. Every hour of his public service--Prosecuting-Attorney of Harrison County, Ohio; Public Prosecutor of Steubenville; Government Attorney in the enormous California land frauds; AttorneyGeneral in Buchanan's cabinet; Secretary of War under Lincoln and Secretary of War under Johnson--was a contest with the enemies of his country and of society. He was racked by asthma from childhood; denounced and assailed incessantly during his entire career as Secretary of War; crowded out of office after a stormy but patriotic struggle in which he prevented President Johnson from seizing the army, ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Edwin McMasters Stanton; The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction .... To get started finding Edwin McMasters Stanton; The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction ..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LXXI. STORM-SWEPT. It was snowing and blustering on the day Stanton was born-- December 19,1814; blowing and drifting on the evening of his marriage--December 31, 1836; sleeting and gusty on the day his wife Mary was buried--March, 1844; dangerously tempestuous during his ocean trip to California in 1858; snowing and drifting when he was summoned from Pittsburg to a place in Buchanan's cabinet in December, 1860; blowing a gale when he was selected to be secretary of war in Lincoln's cabinet in January, 1862; snow-squalling and boisterous when, just a week later, he took the cabinet minister's oath of office; cyclonic the night he steamed down the Chesapeake to capture Norfolk and sink the Mcrrimac in May, 1862; rainy and stormy when President Grant selected him to be an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in December, 1869; witheringly cold and windy when (December 20) he arose from the sick-bed to go to the White House to thank Grant in person for the honor thus conferred upon him; sleeting and storming on the night of his death (December 24, 1869) and cold, foggy, drizzling, and gloomy on the day of his burial--December 27, 1869. Every hour of his public service--Prosecuting-Attorney of Harrison County, Ohio; Public Prosecutor of Steubenville; Government Attorney in the enormous California land frauds; AttorneyGeneral in Buchanan's cabinet; Secretary of War under Lincoln and Secretary of War under Johnson--was a contest with the enemies of his country and of society. He was racked by asthma from childhood; denounced and assailed incessantly during his entire career as Secretary of War; crowded out of office after a stormy but patriotic struggle in which he prevented President Johnson from seizing the army, ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Edwin McMasters Stanton; The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction .... To get started finding Edwin McMasters Stanton; The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction ..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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