At noon Colonel Marrow, Major Keifer, and I, took dinner with Esquire Stalnaker, an old-style man, born fifty years ago in the log house whe...

APPOMATTOX DEPOT, AMELIA CO[UNTY, VA.],           January 19th, 1852 . DEAR HUNTER: I am very solicitous to procure an appointment as Cade...

Cabinet-meeting. Not much of special interest. Harlan brought forward a little complication with a Rhode Island editor, in which he was invo...

The question of the Indian war on the Plains was again brought forward. No one, it appears, has any knowledge on the question. The Secretary...

Notice of appointment from Adj. Gen'l of Ohio as captain came. Went over to muster. No success. Several promotions. SOURCE: Fran...

Navy Department 8th May 1861   G. V. Fox, Esqr Dear Sir You are appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, and I shall be gl...

Navy Department May 9, 1861.    Sir, You are hereby appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy Department. Enclosed herewith you will find a...

WASHINGTON, June 13 , 1862 . Col. CHARLES ELLET, JR., Commander of Ram Fleet, opposite Memphis: The appointments of Dr. Roberts as...

Norwich , August 16th, 1862. My own dear Son: After having received intimations from various sources of the almost certainty of your ...

A warm, pleasant day. Sent three companies late last night to Tompkins Farm under Captain Sperry; a dark, muddy march — just out of good qu...

The interference of Members of Congress in the petty appointments and employment of laborers in the navy yards is annoying and pernicious. ...

( Private and confidential. ) Springfield, Illinois, January 13, 1861. Hon. Simon Cameron. My dear Sir: At the suggestion of Mr. ...

Washington , June 14, 1864. Your kind letter I found here on Sunday last when I returned from Baltimore, where I passed last week very...

Washington City Sept. 16 th 1861 To the             Hon S. Cameron                         Sec. of War The undersigned a citiz...

My appointment to a clerkship in the Commissary Department has been received, with a salary of $125 per month. The rooms are not ready for ...

There is an outcry against the appointment of two major-generals, recommended, perhaps, by Mr. Benjamin, Gustavus W. Smith and Gen. Lovell,...

Camp Near Washington, September 4, 1862. My dear sister: I received your two last letters yesterday. Just as I had finished my last...

J. R. Anderson, proprietor of the iron-works here, has been appointed brigadier-general by the President. He, too, was a West Pointer; but ...

Zollicoffer has been appointed a brigadier-general; and although not a military man by education, I think he will make a good officer. ...

To-day Mr. Walker inquired where my son Custis was. I told him he was with his mother at Newbern, N. C. He authorized me to telegraph him t...