Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles by Gideon Welles
Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles
Covering events from April 1865; first published in 1911
A Cabinet member recalls the day President Lincoln di...
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Gideon Welles (1802-1878), a member of Lincoln's Cabinet, is known especially for the diary he kept throughout the Civil War period.Gideon Welles was born at Glastonbury, Conn. He was educated at the ...
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Excerpt from Diary of Gideon Welles by Gideon Welles
Gideon Welles