Friday, August 27, 2010

The three Cabinet officers of the last Administration . . .

. . . who in its closing hours displayed a zealous attachment to the country, are now all filling high and responsible stations. – Mr. Stanton is Secretary of War; Mr. Holt is one of the Commissioners appointed to examine war claims against the Government; Mr. Dix is one of the Major-Generals of our army.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 2

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