Unionist (War Democrat) de facto President Andrew Johnson (a Citizen of the confederate State of Tennessee) “suspends” (not fires) Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, for opposing his policies on Reconstruction. Johnson appoints Major General Ulysses Simpson (a.k.a. Hiram Ulysses) Grant, General in Chief, as interim Secretary of War.
[restored 5/1/2022]
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 195.
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