CSPAN3 April 14, 2012
which was right there, had been torn out and reattached, and i thought only two men could have done such a thing. one of them, joseph holt, judge advocate general who had been responsible for the trial, but the other was his superior edwin stanton. so perhaps i will leave it this way. the next day after i saw those documents from the war department, i sent a short note to secretary stanton which read, dear sir. public consideration of high character constrain me to inform you that your resignation as secretary of war will be accepted. may i tell you what he said in response? dear sir...
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