of Rhode Island, ii. [251].
Stanton, Edwin M.,
attorney-general under Buchanan, i. 198;
joins Black in forcing Buchanan to alter reply to South Carolina Commissioners, 200;
share in Stone's punishment, 309;
appointed secretary of war, 326;
his previous insulting attitude toward Lincoln, 326, 327;
discussion of his qualities, good and bad, 327, 328;
an efficient secretary, 328;
sneers at generals who favor McClellan's plans, 336;