Gideon Welles

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United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, including the entire duration of the American Civil War.

Gideon Welles Resigns His Post of State Comptroller to Assume a Federal Office

This is the original resignation letter of Welles as he rose in his career, one that would end with his presence in Lincoln’s wartime cabinet.

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