HOLT, Joseph

Affiliation:  Union

Born: January 6 1807, Breckinridge Cty KY

Died: August 1 1894, Washington DC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, newspaper editor, politician, commissioner of patents, US postmaster general, US secretary of war

War Service: September 1862 appointed judge advocate general with rank of Col., June 1864 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers

Post War: Army service as judge advocate general, retired 1875