Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Autograph

Stanton, Edwin (Ohio) Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of War from 1862-1865 and Andrew Johnson’s until 1868. He refused the South’s pleas for a prisoner exchange at Andersonville Prison resulting in the starvation of the federal prisoners. Stanton was never charged or consequently tried in a court of law for these war crimes. Offered here is an appointment to Colonel on the staff of Major General John Wool dated July 11, 1862 signed by Stanton as Secretary of War. Comes with original transmittal envelope