Sunday, July 5, 2015

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Saturday, September 20, 1862

Katie came home this morning, looking very well. — Nothing of special importance in any Department. — Mr. Garrett called expressing great uneasiness about the B. and O. R. R. and the probable invasion of Western Virginia if the enemy is not followed up. — Genl. Mason dined with me. He is extremely anxious to have a trial in the case of Rodney Mason, who was lately dismissed the service for the surrender of Clarkville. — Received letter from Mr. Hamilton. He will come on Monday to see the President about Proclamation.

Received a letter from Miss Virginia Smith, asking my interest for Col. Bulow's appointment as Brigadier; to which I replied that I would say a good word for the Colonel, and thought the prospect not desperate as no man is safe, now-a-days, from being made a Brigadier — not even a man of merit.

SOURCE: Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1902, Vol. 2, p. 86-7

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