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Thomas T. Eckert (1825-1910)
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Thomas T. Eckert (1825-1910)
Thomas T. Eckert was an Army major, telegraph superintendent of the War Department and trusted emissary of the President. President Lincoln prevented Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton from firing Eckert in early 1862. Before Stanton…
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