Joseph Holt

Joseph Holt Joseph Holt (January 6, 1807 – August 1, 1894) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. As a leading member of the Buchanan administration, he succeeded in convincing Buchanan to oppose the secession of the South. He returned to Kentucky and successfully battled the secessionist element thereby helping to keep Kentucky in the Union. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. He served as Lincoln's chief arbiter and enforcer of military law, and supporter of emancipation. His most famous roles came in the Lincoln assassination trials. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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    Speech of Hon. Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, at Irving Hall, New York, September 3, 1861
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    Author: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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    Letters of the Hon. Joseph Holt, the Hon. Edward Everett, and Commodore Charles Stewart, on the present crisis
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    Author: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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    Letters of the Hon. Joseph Holt, the Hon. Edward Everett, and Commodore Charles Stewart, on the present crisis
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    Author: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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    Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt : upon the policy of the general government, the pending revolution, its objects, its probable results if successful, and the duty of Kentucky in the crisis
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    Author: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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    Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt : upon the policy of the general government, the pending revolution, its objects, its probable results if successful, and the duty of Kentucky in the crisis
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    Author: Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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    The fallacy of neutrality : an address by the Hon. Joseph Holt, to the people of Kentucky, delivered at Louisville, July 13th, 1861, also his letter to J.F. Speed, Esq
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    Ohio boys in Dixie : the adventures of twenty-two scouts sent by Gen. O.M. Mitchell to destroy a railroad, with a narrative of their barbarous treatment by the Rebels and Judge Holt's report
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    Report of the Judge Advocate General on "The Order of American Knights" alias "The Sons of Liberty" : a western conspiracy in aid of the southern rebellion
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    Author: Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876
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    A brave soldier, a true patriot, a noble man defended against partisan malice : Reply of Hon. Reverdy Johnson to the paper which Judge-Advocate Holt furnished to the President, urging General Porter's condemnation
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    Case of Thomas C.A. Dexter : arguments for defence before the President of the United States

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