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| Author | Elizabeth D. Leonard |
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| Subject | Joseph Holt |
| Genre | History, Biography |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Pages | xii, 417 pages |
| Awards | Lincoln Prize |
| ISBN | 9780807835005 |
| OCLC | 708243819 |
| LC Class | KF368 .H586 L46 2011 |
Lincoln's Forgotten Ally: Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt of Kentucky is a biography by Elizabeth D. Leonard about Joseph Holt, a member of US President James Buchanan's administration who was Judge Advocate General of the United States Army.
It received the Lincoln Prize in 2012. [1]
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