Number of Pages
4
Date
July 26, 1861
Edwin McMasters Stanton writes to James Buchanan regarding the "imbecility" of the Lincoln administration, the desire for a new Cabinet, and bankruptcy. Stanton composed this early on in the Civil War, shortly after the first Battle of Bull Run, which he refers to as "the dreadful disaster of Sunday."
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Time Period
Location
I-SpahrB-1959-9
Origin
Gift of Boyd Lee Spahr
