A biography of a relatively minor Union general, with a unusually close
relationship with President Lincoln, a friend and political colleague
of his father. Not a terribly high ranking man, but one who was present
at many of the major battles in the eastern theatre, and played a
crucial role in the defence of Washington against Early’s raid and in
the hunt for Lincoln’s assassins. Includes more material on his pre-
and post- war lives than is often the case, which gives us a better
view of the man and his times
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