Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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This amendment is considered desirable, as there are believed to be other claims proper for the consideration of the commission which are no...
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th December last, requesting information upon the present conditio...
It may be proper to state that the number of captains authorized by the second section of the act of 16th July, 1862, is now full.
presuming that the meaning of the ninth section of the same act is that the officer receiving the vote of thanks shall immediately be advanc...