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HOLT, JOSEPH

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HOLT, JOSEPH
(1807 - 1894) Union Judge Advocate General empowered to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, tried Fitz-John Porter and the Lincoln assassins. L.S. ""J. Holt"" as Secretary of War, 1p. 4to., [Washington], Feb. 16, 1861, in part: ""àI have the honor to inform you that the Hon. John B. Floyd resigned his commission as Secretary of War on the 29th December, 1860 and that I was appointed secretary ad interim on the 31st of the same month, and commissioned as Secretary of War, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate on the 19th ultimo. I took the oath of office and entered upon the discharge of my duties, under this commission on the 23rd ultimoà"". Floyd of course immediately joined the Southern cause, serving for some time as a major general, and has been accused of diverting crucial military supplies to the South just before the outbreak of war. Very good.