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LEONARD YOU'VE WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS ON TOPICS DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHAT INTERESTED YOU IN THIS TOPIC? >> WELL, MY INTEREST
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IN THE CIVIL WAR IS SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS TO ME. IF YOU HAD TOLD ME MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A GIRL THAT THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO STUDY, I WOULD HAVE...
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HOLT. >> JOSEPH
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HOLT WAS LINCOLN'S JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL. AND IF PEOPLE REMEMBER HIM TODAY, THEY'D PARTICULARLY REMEMBER HIM AS THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL WHO WAS...
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YOU'VE TITLED "LINCOLN'S FORGOTTEN ALLY." WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS AS A TITLE? >> BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTANCE
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TO LINCOLN. BECAUSE OF HIS DEEP DEVOTION TO LINCOLN AND HIS POLICIES AND, THEREFORE, HE IS LINCOLN'S ALLY, BUT HE IS SOMEONE WHOM WE SIMPLY DON'T REMEMBER...
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SO OVERLOOKED IN HISTORY. >>
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ONE OF THE REASONS I THINK HE WAS OVERLOOKED IS BECAUSE WE LIKE OUR HISTORICAL FIGURES TO BE VERY SIMPLE. AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. HE IS AN IMMENSELY...
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ON IT BRIEFLY AND YOU STATE IN YOUR BOOK THAT THE POPULAR OPINION OF HOLT IS MISREPRESENTED BY AMERICANS COLLECTIVE HISTORICAL MEMORY. SO EXPLAIN WHAT...
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WAY HE'S REMEMBERED IS MISREPRESENTED BECAUSE WHEN HE IS REMEMBERED AT ALL -- FIRST OF ALL, HE'S MOSTLY NOT REMEMBERED AND HE'S A VERY IMPORTANT FIGURE...
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WHAT WAS HOLT'S ROLE IN LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION? >>
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WELL, AS JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL HE WAS BASICALLY THE OVERSEER OF ALL MILITARY JUSTICE. SO HE HAD TO SUPERVISE ALL THE OTHER JUDGE ADVOCATES ACROSS THE...
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ABOUT LINCOLN'S THOUGHTS ON HOLT. AND HOLT'S ACTIONS. HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT DOING YOUR RESEARCH ON THIS? >> WELL, LINCOLN --
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S MOST FASCINATING ABOUT HOLT BEING FORGOTTEN IS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE FORGOTTEN. THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ARCHIVAL...
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