Chapter XI: �edwin M. Stanton

Rebel Advantages at Opening of the War�They Knew all about the Army Officers�Early Contrast of Rebel Enthusiasm and Union Indifference�Importance of Mr. Stanton's Post�His Birth and Ancestry�His Education and Law Studies�County Attorney�State Reporter�Defends Mr. McNulty�Removes to Pittsburg�His Line of Business�The Wheeling Case�He Removes to Washington�His Qualifications as a Lawyer�He Enters Buchanan's Cabinet�His Unexpected Patriotism�His Own Account of the Cabinet at News of Anderson's Move to Sumter�The Lion before the Old Red Dragon�Appointed Secretary of War�"Bricks in his Pockets"�Stanton's Habitual Reserve�His Wrath�"The Angel Gabriel as Paymaster"�Anecdotes of Lincoln's Confidence in Stanton�Lincoln's Affection for him�The Burdens of his Office�His Kindness of Heart within a Rough Outside�The Country his Debtor. 363