General Joseph Holt Small 297×320 Medium 595×640 Large 951×1024 Download Tiff Original 2230×2400 | (7.1 MB) Description General Joseph Holt (January 6, 1807 - August 1, 1894) was a leading member of the Buchanan administration and was Judge Advocate General in the United States Army, most notably during the Lincoln assassination trials. Keywords james buchanan, judge, lincoln assassination, portrait, U.S. Secretary of War Galleries Famous People: H Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 4) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)