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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Warfare History Network - Edwin Stanton: From secretary to first in command.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 06, 2026
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 20, 2025
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 15, 2025
	Add new Web site: American History Central - Edwin Stanton.	Grace Young	Jul 31, 2025
	Add new Web site: Mr. Lincoln's White House - Cabinet and Vice Presidents: Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869).	Grace Young	Mar 27, 2025
	Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Edwin Stanton: From secretary to first in command.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 11, 2025
	Add new Web site: NPR - New Biography of Lincoln's Secretary Of War Reveals A Resilient Man, Haunted By Grief.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 19, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: Mr. Lincoln and Friends - Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869).	Grace Young	Aug 02, 2017
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 14, 2017
	Add new Web site: Miller Center - Biography of Edwin M. Stanton.	Grace Young	Aug 03, 2016
	Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Freedom A History of U.S. - Biography of Edwin Stanton.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 02, 2013
	Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Edwin M. Stanton.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 02, 2013
	Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Edwin M Stanton.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 02, 2013
	Added "Edwin McMasters Stanton" as a title variant.	Amy Tikkanen D E	Dec 19, 2011
	Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Edwin M Stanton.	Shiveta Singh	Nov 07, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999