Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky (Elizabeth D. Leonard -CH) Section-Naval History From a daring Confederate raid

From a daring Confederate raid that nearly seized Washington

Edward Steers Jr

Release date: October 30

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Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky (Elizabeth D. Leonard -CH) Section-Naval History From a daring Confederate raidby Elizabeth D. Leonard Joseph Holt, the stern, brilliant, and deeply committed Unionist from Kentucky, spent the first several months of the American Civil War successfully laboring to maintain Kentucky's loyalty to the Union and then went on to serve as President Lincoln's judge advocate general. In Lincoln's Forgotten Ally, Elizabeth Leonard offers the first full scale biography of Holt, who has long been overlooked and misunderstood by historians