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the author's personal acquaintance with the Union War-time photographs of Confederate soldiers contributors to the photographic history Col. Hilary A. Herbert; later member of Congress and Secretary of the Navy (The Meaning of losses in battle). Lieut.-Col. J. W. Mallet; later professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia (Confederate ordnance). Private John A. Wyeth in 1861, at 16; later organizer of the New York Polyclinic (Confederate raids). Lieut. R. H. McKim in 1862; later Rector Church of the Epiphany, Washington, and Military and religious writer (The Confederate Army). Captain F. M. Colston, artillery officer with Alexander (Memoirs of Gettysburg and many rare photographs). Allen C. Redwood, of the 55th Virginia, with Stonewall Jackson; later Artist and author (Confederate Reminiscences; Jackson). Brig.-Gen.M. J.Wright; later U. S. War Dept. Agent (Records of the War and statistics). Col. D. G. McIntosh; later Attorney-at-law (Artillery of t
er and non-combatant, as expressed in bearing and cast of countenance. It is astonishing how accurately, after examining a number of the war photographs of every description, one may distinguish in From the army to the White House: Garfield in 1863—(left to right) Thomas, Wiles, Tyler, Simmons, Drillard, Ducat, Barnett, Goddard, Rosecrans, Garfield, Porter, Bond, Thompson, Sheridan. War-time portraits of six soldiers whose military records assisted them to the Presidential Chair. Briook back upon service with the armies. There have been members of legislatures by the tens of thousands. War-time portraits of Federal soldiers who contributed to the photographic history half a century later Captain A. W. Greely, 1863; later Maj.-Gen., U. S. A.; chief, signal service (Signals; Telegraph). Private Geo. L. Kilmer in 1864, wearing the Veteran Stripe at 18 (Military editor). Private J. E. Gilman, lost an arm at Gettysburg; commander-in-chief G. A. R. 1910-11 (
nam, 176th New York, prisoner at Libby and Danville in the winter of 1864-65. Chief of Scouts Henry Watterson, C. S. A., aide-de-camp to GenForrest, C. S. A., entered as private; Lieut.-Col., 1861, Maj.-Gen., 1864. Brevet Brig.-General Thomas T. Eckert, superintendent of Military Telegraph; Asst. Sec. Of War, 1864-66. Maj.-General Grenville M. Dodge, wounded before Atlanta; succeeded Rosecrans in the Department of Mant papers. Lieutenant E. Benjamin Andrews: wounded at Petersburg, 1864; professor of History and political History, Brown University, 1882-ef, signal service (Signals; Telegraph). Private Geo. L. Kilmer in 1864, wearing the Veteran Stripe at 18 (Military editor). Private J. Etary service institution (Cavalry editor). Capt. F. Y. Hedley in 1864, age 20; later editor and author of Marching through Georgia (SchoolFirst War Aeronaut (Balloons). Capt. T. S. Peck; medal of honor in 1864; later Adj.-Gen. Of Vermont (Contributor of many rare photographs).
litary records assisted them to the Presidential Chair. Brig.-Gen. Andrew Johnson President, 1865-69. General Ulysses S. Grant, President, 1869-77. Bvt. Maj.-Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes Presidenet Major George Haven Putnam, 176th New York, prisoner at Libby and Danville in the winter of 1864-65. Chief of Scouts Henry Watterson, C. S. A., aide-de-camp to General Forrest, chief of Scouts undolumes consist of portraits alone, to represent adequately the soldiers whose fame has come since 1865. Merely to suggest the function of the Civil War as a school of citizenship, portraits are pref G. A. R. 1910-11 (Grand Army of the Republic). Bvt. Brig.-Gen. T. F. Rodenbough, U. S. A., in 1865; wounded at Trevilian and Winchester; later Secretary, U. S. Military service institution (Cavalrwould have fallen far short of fulfilment. But those same youths who survived to the summer of 1865—how differently they stood!—erect, with arms well hung, with quiet dignity, with the self-assuran
ays and Government Telegraph lines in 1861. Lieut.-General Nathan B. Forrest, C. S. A., entered as private; Lieut.-Col., 1861, Maj.-Gen., 1864. Brevet Brig.-General Thomas T. Eckert, superintendent of Military Telegraph; Asst. Sec. Of War, 1864-66. Maj.-General Grenville M. Dodge, wounded before Atlanta; succeeded Rosecrans in the Department of Missouri. —naturally emphasizes, in its personal mentions and portrayals, the men of the respective specialties. The editors, therefore, detenterior, and editor of the New York Evening Post; and General Lewis Wallace, Governor of New Mexico, Minister to Turkey, and author of Ben Hur and other historical novels. Brevet Brigadier-General Stewart L. Woodford, Lieut.-Gov. Of New York, 1866-68; President electoral College, 1872; M. C., 1873-75; U. S. Dist. Atty., 1877-83; U. S. Minister to Spain, 1879-98. Brevet Brigadier-General James Grant Wilson, author of Addresses on Lincoln, Grant, Hull, Farragut, etc.; President, New York G
of the Republic). Bvt. Brig.-Gen. T. F. Rodenbough, U. S. A., in 1865; wounded at Trevilian and Winchester; later Secretary, U. S. Military service institution (Cavalry editor). Capt. F. Y. Hedley in 1864, age 20; later editor and author of Marching through Georgia (School of the soldier, Marching and Foraging). Col. W. C. Church; later editor of the Army and Navy Journal and author of life of Ulysses S. Grant (Grant). T. S. C. Lowe, Military Balloonist in the Peninsula campaign, 1802—the First War Aeronaut (Balloons). Capt. T. S. Peck; medal of honor in 1864; later Adj.-Gen. Of Vermont (Contributor of many rare photographs). Col. L. R. Stegman, wounded at Cedar Creek, Gettysburg, Ringgold and Pine Mountain (Consulting editor). And the private soldiers—hundreds of thousands of them, mere boys when they enlisted to fight through the four years, expanded into important citizens of their communities, as a direct result of their service in the Blue and the Gray. The
December 2nd, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 1
ecretary of War. Montgomery Blair Postmaster-General. Gideon Welles Secretary of the Navy. Salmon P. Chase Secretary of the Treasury. Hannibal Hamlin vice-president. William H. Seward Secretary of State. Caleb B. Smith Secretary of the Interior. Edward Bates Attorney-General. Other members were: War, Simon Cameron (1861); Treasury, W. P. Fessenden, July 1, 1864, and Hugh McCulloch, March 4, 1865; Interior, John P. Usher, January 8, 1863; Attorney-General, James Speed, December 2, 1864; Postmaster-General, William Dennison, September 24, 1864. Men who helped president Davis guide the ship of state: vice-president Stephens and members of the Confederate cabinet. The members of the Cabinet were chosen not from intimate friends of the President, but from the men preferred by the States they represented. There was no Secretary of the Interior in the Confederate Cabinet. Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State, has been called the brain of the Confederacy. Pre
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