HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES,           WASHINGTON, D.C., June 7, 1883. Dear Brother: . . . I expect all alteration to be compl...

ST. LOUIS, May 7, 1884. Dear Brother: . . . The more I reflect, the more convinced I am that I was wise and prudent in taking the exact co...

St. Louis, June 7, 1884. Dear Brother: Now that the Convention at Chicago has nominated Blaine and Logan, I feel such a sense of relief that...

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SAMUEL H. M. BYERS was born in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, in 1838. Coming to Iowa in 1851 with his father he was educated in the schools of Osk...

Andrew Johnson Brigadier General of Volunteers Ulysses S. Grant General-in-Chief of the United States Army ...