MARCH 18, 1862:
Jefferson Davis shuffles cabinet positions in his Administration.
Judah P. Benjamin, who had been criticized frequently for his handling of the
War Department, became the Confederate Secretary of State (the criticism
followed him to his new job, even though he performed brilliantly; the fact of
the matter was that many Southerners were uncomfortable with a Jew in a
position of such authority). George W. Randolph of Virginia took Benjamin’s old
job. Ex-Secretary of State R. M. T. Hunter, departed for the Senate.
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