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Joseph Holt
Birth: Jan. 6, 1807
Death: Aug. 1, 1894

Civil War Union Brigadier General, Presidential Cabinet Sectretary. US Postmaster General and Secretary of War in the James Buchanan Administration. Judge Advocate General in the Lincoln Administration with the rank of Brig. Gen. Presided over the trials of the Assassination Conspirators and Capt. Henry Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison. (bio by: Ethan F. Bishop) 
 
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  John Washington Holt (1772 - 1838)
  Eleanor K Stephens Holt (1782 - 1871)

 
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Burial:
Holt Family Cemetery
Holt
Breckinridge County
Kentucky, USA
 
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Record added: Oct 26, 2001
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Joseph Holt
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Joseph Holt
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Born January 6, 1807, Breckinridge County, Kentucky.
- Garver Graver
 Added: Aug. 14, 2011

- Veteran's family
 Added: Aug. 1, 2011
Postmaster General, 1859-1860; Secretary of War, 1860-1861.
- Garver Graver
 Added: Jul. 7, 2011
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