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Showing posts with label Johnson's Cabinet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Johnson's Cabinet. Show all posts
Friday, May 12, 2023

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, December 27, 1865

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Have ordered Raphael Semmes to be arrested. He was, I see by the papers, taken in Mobile, and will soon be here. There are some nice points ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Lieutenant-General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, December 30, 1866

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ST. LOUIS, Sunday, Dec. 30, 1866. Dear Brother: I came up from New Orleans right through the country that I had been the means of raiding ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Diary of Gideon Welles: October 13, 1865

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Met General Thomas of the Army of the Tennessee at the President's. He has a fine, soldierly appearance, and my impressions are that he ...
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Diary of Gideon Welles: December 5, 1865

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The organization of Congress was easily effected. There had been manifestly preliminary arrangements, made by some of the leading spirits. S...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, August 1, 1865

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 The President sends notice that there will be no Cabinet-meeting to-day. He went to Fortress Monroe on Sunday in a light river boat, and re...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General John A. Dix, April 15, 1865 – 3 p.m.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,           April 15 , 1865 — 3 p.m. Major General DIX: Official notice of the death of the late President Abraham L...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, May 24, 1865

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This is a very pleasant day, for which we are all thankful. We left for Washington City at 8 o'clock, and crossing the Potomac river ov...