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Gideon Welles [1802-1878] American
Rank: 105
Soldier


Gideon Welles was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was given after supporting Lincoln in the 1860 election.


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The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.
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It is vain to expect a well-balanced government without a well-balanced society.
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The hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.
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This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them.
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