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What did Edwin Stanton help organize after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?

  • The manhunt for Lincoln's assassin

  • A new election

  • The Union army

  • The Reconstruction

Answer

Following the tragic assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Edwin Stanton, his loyal Secretary of War, played a pivotal role in orchestrating a swift and determined manhunt to apprehend John Wilkes Booth, the perpetrator of this heinous act.
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