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About Edwin M. Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 27th United States secretary of war under U.S. president Abraham Lincoln during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. However, he was criticized by many Union generals, who perceived Stanton as overcautious and a micromanager.
Everything about Edwin M. Stanton →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge, politician, jurist
- Position held
- United States Attorney General, United States Secretary of War
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 19, 1814
- Died
- December 24, 1869