The President's Military family.
Colonel Joseph R. Davis, Mississippi, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry; in 1863 entered the field as
Brigadier-General.
Colonel G. W. Custis Lee, Virginia, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry; subsequently entered the field and rose to the grade of
Major-General.
Colonel Joseph C. Ives, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry.
Colonel Wm. Preston Johnston, Kentucky, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry.
Colonel Wm. M. Browne, Georgia, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry; subsequently entered the field and rose to the grade of
Brigadier-General.
Colonel John Taylor Wood, Louisiana, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry.
Colonel James Chestnut, Jr.,
South Carolina, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry; subsequently entered the field and rose to the grade of
Brigadier-General.
Colonel Francis R. Lubbock, Texas, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry; also a Confederate
Governor of
Texas.
Robert Josselyn, Mississippi,
Private Secretary to the
President during the
Provisional Government.
Burton N. Harrison, Mississippi,
Private Secretary to the
President during the
Permanent Government.
Colonel John M. Huger, A. D. C., with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry.
Colonel John B. Sale,
Military Secretary, with rank of
Colonel of Cavalry, to
General Braxton Bragg, who was assigned to duty at the Seat of Government at
Richmond, and, under the direction of the
President, was charged with the conduct of military operations in the armies of the
Confederacy.
See General Orders, No. 23, A. and
I. General's office,
Richmond, Virginia, February 24th, 1864.
Colonel Sale was thus brought into intimate relationship with the
President's military family.
