Edwin M. Stanton was appointed as Secretary of War under the Abraham Lincoln administration. He was in the position during the entirety of the Civil War.
His name was Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania. He was appointed only because the party owed him a favor for campaign efforts.
To bring the union back together.
Reconstruction Plan.
The first secretary of war appointed by George Washington was Henry Knox.
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Lincoln spoke generally about the human cost of war
Heavens, no. He was Secretary of War in the administration of the 14th US president, Franklin Pierce, but not in Lincolns cabinet.
Lincoln's Secretary of War was Edwin M. Stanton. He had contested with Lincoln for the Republican nomination for President in 1860.
Gideon Welles.
William H. Seward
John Hay was Lincoln's assistant secretary. In other words, John Hay was employed as the secretary to John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's secretary.
President Lincoln spent all of his first term and his second term trying to end the US Civil War as quickly as possible. His most trusted friends in government were the members of his cabinet. These were Postal Secretary Montgomery Blair, Attorney General Edward Bates, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Secretary of State, William Seward, Navy Secretary Gideon Welles, and Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase.
William H. Seward served as Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.
The Civil War.
To preserve the Union
to win the civil war
Simple: The Secretary of War
During World War II, the secretary of war was re-named as the secretary of defense. Robert Gates is currently serving as the defense secretary.